overemotional
/oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
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- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English overemotional From over- + emotional.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/
- British English: /əʊvəɹɪˈməʊʃənəl/
Inflected Forms
more overemotional (comparative)
most overemotional (superlative)