English

hyperattentive

From hyper- + attentive.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Old French attentif

Middle English attentif

Today it means

adj intensely attentive

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

Etymograph / hyperattentive