overgang

Meanings

Verb

• To go beyond or above; to exceed.

Noun

• Something that goes across or over; a transition.

Origin

• From Middle English overgangen, from Old English ofergangan, from Proto-Germanic *uberganganą, made up from *uber + *ganganą, equivalent to over- + gang. Cognate with Scots owergang ("to overwhelm, master, dominate").
• From Middle English *overgang, from Old English ofergang, equivalent to over- + gang.