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Words with a similar base: overcoat, overcoating

'overcoat'

[greatcoat.n.01] as in: a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

'overcoat'

[overcoat.n.02] as in: an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)

Origins

					overcoat (English)
├── coat (English)
│   └── coate (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── over- (English)
    └── over- (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── ofer- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))