overcapitalize

verb

capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant

overestimate the market value of

estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level

Roots

oferover- · Old English · excessively caputcapital- · Latin · head izein-ize · Greek · to make

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The word overcapitalize breaks down into 3 roots of Old English, Latin, and Greek origin: over-, from Old English ofer (“excessively”); capital, from Latin caput (“head”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.