English

hyperbolide

From hyper- + bolide.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to throw’

Ancient Greek βολίς ‘missile, arrow, javelin’

Latin bolis ‘a meteor of the form of an arrow’

French bolide ‘fireball’

Today it means

noun Synonym of superbolide.

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

Etymograph / hyperbolide