Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overflown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: over-flown
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of overfly

verb

past participle of overflow

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 flown English overflown From over- + flown.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: overflowen, oferflōwen

Questions

What does overflown mean?: past participle of overfly
Where does overflown come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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