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      overgeneralize
      verb
      draw too general a conclusion
      Roots
      oferover- · Old English · excessively, too muchgenusgener- · Latin · kind, classalis-al · Latin · pertaining toizein-ize · Greek · to make, to do
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      The word overgeneralize breaks down into 4 roots of Old English, Latin, and Greek origin: over-, from Old English ofer (“excessively, too much”); gener, from Latin genus (“kind, class”); -al, from Latin alis (“pertaining to”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make, to do”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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