English

hyperacute

From hyper- + acute.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin acuō ‘to make pointed, sharpen, whet’

Latin acūtus ‘sharp, sharpened’

Latin acūta

Middle English acute ‘of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and…’

English acute

Today it means

adj Very acute.

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

Etymograph / hyperacute