Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overshirt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-shirt
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shirt intended to be worn over other clothes.

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 shirt English overshirt From over- + shirt.

Inflected Forms

overshirts (plural)

Questions

What does overshirt mean?
A shirt intended to be worn over other clothes.
Where does overshirt 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 shirt English overshirt From over- + shirt.

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