Etymograph

English

hyperball

From hyper- + ball.

Formed from hyper- + ball

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’

Proto-Germanic *balluz ‘round object’

Old English *beall

Middle English bal ‘a ball’

English ball

Today it means

noun The set of all points that make up a hypersphere.

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

Etymograph / hyperball