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English word origin

Etymology of onlap

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on English lap English onlap From on + lap.

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
verb

To form an onlap.

noun

The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on English lap English onlap From on + lap.

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