overclass

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 *kelh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *klāssis
Latin classisder.
Middle French classebor.
English class
English overclass

    From over- + class.

    Noun

    overclass (plural overclasses)

    1. A powerful, privileged social class.
      They spoke disparagingly of America's white overclass.

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