myEtymology.com: English etymology of overstate

Etymology of the English word overstate

the English word overstate

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

derived from the English word state

derived from the Old French word estat

derived from the Latin word status (appointed; position, situation, condition)

derived from the Latin word stare (to stand; stand, stand still, stand firm)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-