The compound adjective 'too-large' is a transparent combination of two native English elements. The adverb 'too' originates from the Old English 'tō', which served as a preposition and adverb for direction and degree, eventually specializing to indicate excess. The adjective 'large' entered English via Old French from the Latin 'largus', which connoted abundance and bounty. The logic of the compound is direct and literal: 'large' describes size, and 'too' modifies it to indicate that this size surpasses a suitable or acceptable limit, evolving from separate concepts of degree and abundance into a single term denoting problematic excess.

Structure: too (excessively) + large (big) - too: From Old English 'tō', an adverb meaning "in addition, also, excessively." It functions as an intensifier or degree modifier. - large: From Old French 'large', meaning "broad, wide; generous, bountiful," ultimately from Latin 'largus' meaning "abundant, copious, generous." It functions as the adjective being modified.