Etymograph

English

Hyperwebster

From hyper- + Webster, coined by English mathematician Ian Stewart in 1996 in his book From Here to Infinity.

Formed from hyper- + Webster

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Old English webbian ‘to weave’

Old English webba ‘weaver’

Old English webbestre ‘weaver’

Middle English webbestere ‘a weaver’

English Webster

The story

From hyper- + Webster, coined by English mathematician Ian Stewart in 1996 in his book From Here to Infinity.

Today it means

name A theoretical dictionary that contains every possible word of every length using the 26 letters found in the English language.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hyperwebster