English

hyperbeat

From hyper- + beat.

Formed from hyper- + beat

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Germanic *bautaną ‘to push’

Proto-West Germanic *bautan ‘to beat’

Old English bēatan ‘to beat’

Middle English beten ‘to hit or whip’

English beat

Today it means

noun One unit of hypermeter, generally a measure.

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

Etymograph / hyperbeat