Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overarch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-ar-ch
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To form an arch over something.

Etymology

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- English arch English overarch From over- + arch.

Inflected Forms

overarches (present, singular) overarching (participle, present) overarched (participle, past) overarched (past)

Synonyms

arch over

Questions

What does overarch mean?: To form an arch over something.
Where does overarch come 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- English arch English overarch From over- + arch.

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