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over-
- /ˈəʊ̯və/ UK
- [ˈəʊ̯.və] UK
- /ˈoʊ̯vəɹ/ Canada, US
- [ˈoʊ.vɚ] Canada, US
- /ˈəʉvə/ Australia
- [ˈɐʉ̯.vɐ] Australia
- /ˈɐʉ̯və/ New Zealand
- [ˈɐʉ̯.vɐ] New Zealand
- [ˈo̝.vər] Scotland
- [ˈoː.bʱə(ɾ)] India
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
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.
