overleap

Meaningleap over

Common meaning: jump over or bypass

overleapleap overSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 411 · scan

Journey through time

Old Englishoferhleapan‘leap over’source
Middle Englishoverlepen‘jump over’source
Englishoverleap‘jump over or bypass’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English oferhleapan ‘leap over’.

Roots

oferhleapan Old English “leap over”

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