English

hyper-use

From hyper- + use.

A compound of hyper- + use

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Italic *oitōr ‘to use’

Latin ūtor

Latin ūsus ‘use’

Old French us ‘tradition or custom’

Middle English use

English use

Today it means

noun excessive use.

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

Etymograph / hyper-use