English
hyperboliform
From hyperbola + -iform.
Formed from hyperbola + -iform
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to hit by throwing’
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Ancient Greek βάλλω ‘to throw, cast, hurl’
Ancient Greek ὑπερβάλλω ‘to throw over or beyond (a mark), to overshoot’
Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή ‘overshooting’
New Latin hyperbola
English hyperbola
Today it means
adj Having the form of a hyperbola; hyperbolic
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperboliform