- overthrow (v.)
[overthrow 词源字典]
- early 14c., "to knock down," from over- + throw (v.). Figurative sense of "to cast down from power, defeat" is attested from late 14c. Related: Overthrown; overthrowing. Earlier in same senses was overwerpen "to overturn (something), overthrow; destroy," from Old English oferweorpan (see warp (v.)).[overthrow etymology, overthrow origin, 英语词源]
- overthrow (n.)
- 1510s, "act of overthrowing," from over- + throw (n.).