overelevation

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 *h₁lengʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus

▲

Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.

Proto-Italic *leɣʷis

Latin levis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin levō

Latin ēlevō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin ēlevātiō

Old French elevation

English elevation

English overelevation

From over- + elevation.

Noun

overelevation (uncountable)

1. (medicine) excessive elevation
   • 2015 June 10, Jasmina Alajbegovic-Halimic et al., “Recession Vs Myotomy–Comparative Analysis of Two Surgical Procedures of Weakening Inferior Oblique Muscle Overaction”, in Medical Archives‎^[1], volume 69, →DOI:

     Overaction of the inferior oblique muscle (IOOM) is manifest by overelevation of the adducted eye.