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Over-

//ˈəʊ̯və// prefix

Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    Above, or higher. morpheme

    "overbar, overlook"

  2. 2
    Superior. morpheme

    "overlord"

  3. 3
    Excessive; excessively. morpheme

    "overkind, overloud, overstate"

  4. 4
    Surrounding or covering. morpheme

    "overcoat, overpaint"

  5. 5
    Exceptional; extremely or intensely. augmentative, morpheme

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- From Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, Swedish över-, Welsh gor-, Spanish sobre-, Armenian վեր- (ver-), Persian ابر (abar-). Doublet of super-, sur-, and hyper-. More at over.

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