English
hyperamative
From hyper- + amative.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- ‘to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold,…’
Proto-Italic *amāō ‘to get hold of’
Latin amō ‘love’
Latin amātus ‘loved’
Medieval Latin amātīvus
English amative
Today it means
adj Excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperamative