overconstrain

verb

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- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der. Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain English overconstrain From over- + constrain.

derived from constreinen English constrain English overconstrain From over- + constrain
derived from constreindrebor
derived from stringō Latin cōnstringōder
derived from *streyg-der✻
derived from *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der✻

Definitions

To apply excessive constraints (to).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overconstrain. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA