English
all-over
All-over comes from Middle English alover.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alover
- Englishearliest quotation 1939all-over
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alover
- Englishearliest quotation 1939all-over
Earliest quotation: 1939, T. R. Perkins, My Red-Letter Day - II: “Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed…”
Every English word from Middle English alover
Today it means
adj Over the whole area or extent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English alover / all-over