English
overaccumulation
Overaccumulation comes from Latin accumulātiō ‘the act of heaping up’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumulātiō‘the act of heaping up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acumulacyon
- English1500–presentaccumulation
- Englishtodayoveraccumulation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumulātiō‘the act of heaping up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acumulacyon
- English1500–presentaccumulation
- Englishtodayoveraccumulation
A compound of cumulus ‘heap, pile’ + cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’ + accumulō ‘to add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate,…’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Latin cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Latin cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’
Latin accumulō ‘to add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate, load, amass’
Every English word from Latin accumulātiō
Today it means
noun accumulation of too much
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accumulātiō / overaccumulation