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Etymology of the English word overpass

the English word overpass
derived from the English word pass
derived from the Old French word passer
derived from the Vulgar Latin word passare
derived from the Late Latin word passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)
derived from the Latin word pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *petÉ™-
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

Derivations in English

overpassed, overpassing



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