English Explanatory Dictionary

overgang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To go beyond or above; to exceed.
noun
  1. Something that goes across or over; a transition.

Word forms

overgang overgangs overganging overganged

Etymology

From Middle English overgangen, from Old English ofergangan, from Proto-Germanic *uberganganą, made up from *uber (“over”) + *ganganą (“to walk, step”), equivalent to over- + gang (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Scots owergang (“to overwhelm, master, dominate”).

Derived words

overganger
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