over-
prefixUK /ˈəʊ̯və/ · CA, US /ˈoʊ̯vəɹ/
Etymology From Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, Swedish över-, Welsh gor-, Spanish sobre-, Armenian վեր- (ver-), Persian ابر (abar-). Doublet of super-, sur-, and hyper-. More at over.
1
Morpheme Above, or higher.
- overbar, overlook
2
Morpheme Superior.
- overlord
3
Morpheme Excessive; excessively.
- overkind, overloud, overstate
4
Morpheme Surrounding or covering.
- overcoat, overpaint
5
Augmentative, Morpheme Exceptional; extremely or intensely.