'overcomplicated' originates from the prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessively' and the word 'complicated' from Latin 'complicatus', where 'com-' meant 'together' and 'plicare' meant 'to fold'.

'complicatus' transformed into the French word 'compliquer', and eventually became the modern English word 'complicate', with 'over-' added to form 'overcomplicate'.

Initially, 'complicatus' meant 'folded together', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'excessively complex'.