overween

Senso (Inglese)

1. To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).
2. To make or render arrogant and overweening.
3. To overwhelm.

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: overwenen

Ereditato da inglese antico: oferwennan

In summary

From Middle English overwēnen (“to be presumptuous, be over-confident; presume”), from Old English oferwennan and oferwenian (“to be proud, become insolent, or presumptuous”), equivalent to over- + ween.