8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
verb be superior or better than some standard
originFrom Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”). Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. By surface analysis, over- + step.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0