Etymograph

English

hypatos

Hypatos comes from Ancient Greek ὕπατος, from ῠ̔πό ‘from underneath’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upó.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*upó‘under, below’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῠ̔πό‘from underneath’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὕπατοςhúpatos
  4. Englishtodayhypatos

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*upó‘under, below’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῠ̔πό‘from underneath’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὕπατοςhúpatos
  4. Englishtodayhypatos

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

up, above, suggest, upper, sub, sum, suspicion, upward, oft, subaltern, hypo, 8 more

Today it means

noun A title conferred by the Byzantine Empire, originally to two distinguished citizens each year in the manner of the Roman consuls, but later as an honorific.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *upó / hypatos

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