myEtymology.com: English etymology of overmatch

Etymology of the English word overmatch

the English word overmatch

derived from the English word match

derived from the Old French word meiche

derived from the Latin word myxa (tree ; sebesten, it's plum-like fruit)

derived from the Greek word muxa, μύξα (mucus)

using the English prefix over-

derived from the English word over

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *uberi

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper