Etymology

oversight

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Today it means: An omission; something that is left out, missed, or forgotten. Full definition →

German Aufsicht
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  1. German · semantic loan fromAufsicht
  2. English todayoversight

From over- + sight. Verb sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.