# overgang

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To go beyond or above; to exceed.

## Etymology
From Middle English overgangen, from Old English ofergangan, from Proto-Germanic *uberganganą, made up from *uber (“over”) + *ganganą (“to walk, step”), equivalent to over- + gang (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Scots owergang (“to overwhelm, master, dominate”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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