English
hyperactualhyperactual
hyper- + actual coined by Jacques Derrida and Bernard Stiegler in 1996, originally in French
Formed from hyper- + actual
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
…
Latin actus ‘act, action’
Late Latin actuālis ‘active, practical’
Anglo-Norman actuel
Middle English actual
English actual
Today it means
adj Intensified, all-encompassing, including present and past.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperactual
Shirt and support for this word