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hyper-

prefix
/ˈhaɪpə/UK/ˈhaɪpəɹ/US/ˈhaɪpəɹ/CA/ˈhɑɪpə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”) (English over), from *upo (“under, below”) (whence English up). Doublet of over-, super-, sur-, and uber-.

  1. derived from *upér✻
  2. derived from ὑπέρ

Definitions

  1. Forms augmentative forms of the root word.

  2. Used to create forms that are found beyond the root.

    • hyper- → hypersonic

The neighborhood

  • antonymhypo-
  • antonymunder-antonym(s) of “above”
  • antonymsub-antonym(s) of “above”
  • antonyminfra-antonym(s) of “above”
  • antonymdys-antonym(s) of “excessive”
  • antonymmal-antonym(s) of “excessive”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyper-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA