Etymograph

English

hyperanxious

From hyper- + anxious.

Formed from hyper- + anxious

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘distressed, anxious’

Proto-Italic *anɣō

Latin angō ‘to cause pain, choke’

Latin ānxius ‘afeared, anxious, troubled, uneasy’

English anxious

Today it means

adj Very anxious

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

Etymograph / hyperanxious