overprotect

overprotect

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-
English protect
English overprotect

    From over- + protect.

    Verb

    overprotect (third-person singular simple present overprotects, present participle overprotecting, simple past and past participle overprotected)

    1. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

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