overleap

Meaningleap over

Common meaning: jump over or bypass

overoverSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 411 · scan
leapto leap, to runSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 411 · scan

‘over’ + ‘to leap, to run’ → overleap

Journey through time

over — Old English ofer- “over” (path traced)
leap — Old English hlēapan “to leap, to run” (path traced)

Parts join in Old English as oferhleapan.

Old Englishofer- + hlēapan‘over + to leap, to run’source
Old Englishoferhleapan‘leap over’source
Middle Englishoverlepen‘jump over’source
Englishoverleap‘jump over or bypass’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English oferhleapan, which Skeat analyses as ofer- ‘over’ + hlēapan ‘to leap, to run’.

Roots

hlēapan Old English “to leap, to run”
oferhleapan Old English “leap over”

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