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English word overcome comes from Old English (ca. 450-1100) cuman (To come.), English come, English over-, Old English (ca. 450-1100) ofer-
cuman (Old English)
To come.
come (English)
(obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.. (slang) Semen (typography, obsolete) in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.. (copulative, figuratively, with close) To approach a state of being or [...]
over- (English)
Above, or higher. Excessively. Superior. Surrounding or covering.
ofer- (Old English)
Used to form nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions having intensive force, or with a sense of "going over, above".
ofercuman (Old English)
To overcome or overtake. To win or be victorious.
overcomen (Middle English)
overcome (English)
(intransitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.. (transitive, obsolete) To win (a battle).. (transitive, usually in passive) To overwhelm with emotion.. To come or pass over; to spread over.. To overflow; to surcharge.