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overleaven

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 *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-men Latin -men Vulgar Latin *levāmender. Old French levainbor. Middle English levayn English leaven English overleaven From over- + leaven.

  1. derived from levayn English leaven English overleaven From over- + leaven
  2. derived from levainbor
  3. derived from *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-men Latin -men Vulgar Latin *levāmender✻
  4. derived from *breɣʷisinflu✻
  5. 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 *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder✻

Definitions

  1. To leaven too much.

  2. To change excessively

    To change excessively; to spoil.

The neighborhood

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