oversend
English
verb
Definitions
- To send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply.
- (ambitransitive) To send (a message, etc.) to too many people.
- To send over, transmit.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oversenden (transmit, send over) inherited from Old English ofersendan (transmit) derived from Proto-Germanic *uber (over) prefix from English send.
Origin
English
send
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autosend English
- besend English
- foresend English
- forthsend English
- insend English
- missend English
- onsend English
- outsend English
- resend English
- send English
- sendable English
- sendee English
- sender English
- sendest English
- sendeth English
- sendling English
- sendoff English
- undersend English
- unsend English
- upsend English
- senden German
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- *upéri Proto-Indo-European
- *uber Proto-Germanic
- *ubiri Proto-Germanic
- ofer Old English
- ofer- Old English
- ofergyldan Old English
- oferhealdan Old English
- oferhebban Old English
- ofersendan Old English
- ofersettan Old English
- ofersittan Old English
- sendan Old English
- oversenden Middle English
- senden Middle English
- sendi Esperanto
- of Icelandic
- 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *obar gmw-pro
- *ovar Old Dutch
- over Old Dutch
- ovar- Old Saxon
- over Old Frisian