{"era":"current","word":"overreact","meaning":"to react too strongly or more than the situation calls for.","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"over-","meaning":"beyond, excessively","children":[],"language":"Old English"},{"era":"1700s","word":"react","meaning":"to act in response","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"re-","meaning":"again, back","children":[],"language":"Latin"},{"era":"classical","word":"act","meaning":"done; from agere 'to do, drive'","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"agere","meaning":"to do, drive","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Modern English"}],"language":"Modern English"}