Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Overtake has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.
catch up with and possibly overtake
"The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
The word "overtake" comes from Middle English overnimen, which meant "to take by surprise." This term is formed by combining the prefix over- with the verb take.