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overleap

The origin and history of overleap.

Etymology

Came into English via Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”) and German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). By surface analysis, it is over- plus leap.

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