Etymology of the English word overweight
the English word
overweightusing the English prefix
over-derived from the English word
overderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*uberiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperderived from the English word
weightderived from the English word
wightderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wekti-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wekhtizUsage
Word found in Modern English