Etymology

superoverwhelming

Today it means: Extremely overwhelming. Full definition →

English overwhelming ← Middle English overwhelmen ← Old English *hwealmnian?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  8. Proto-Germanic*uber
  9. Old Englishofer-
  10. Middle Englishover-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelp-
  12. Proto-Germanic*kʷolpós
  13. Proto-Germanic*hwalbazder.?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelp-
  15. Proto-Germanic*kʷólpo-
  16. Proto-Germanic*hwalbąder.?
  17. Old Englishhwealf
  18. Old English*hwealfnian
  19. Old English*hwealmnian?
  20. Middle Englishwhelmen
  21. Middle Englishoverwhelmen
  22. Englishoverwhelm
  23. Englishoverwhelming
  24. English todaysuperoverwhelming

From super- + overwhelming.

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