overexercise

overexercise

English

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 *h₂erk-der.
Proto-Italic *arkeō
Latin arceō
Latin exerceō
Latin exercitiumder.
Old French exercisebor.
Middle English exercise
English exercise
English overexercise

    From over- + exercise.

    Verb

    overexercise (third-person singular simple present overexercises, present participle overexercising, simple past and past participle overexercised)

    1. To exercise to an excessive degree.

    Noun

    overexercise (uncountable)

    1. Too much exercise.
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