Etymograph

English

hyperatticism

From hyper- + Attic + -ism.

Formed from hyper- + Attic + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Ancient Greek Ἀττικός

Latin Atticus

English Attic

Today it means

noun A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Attic Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Attic Greek.

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

Etymograph / hyperatticism