English

hyperboreal

By surface analysis, hyper- + boreal

Equivalent to hyper- + boreal

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς ‘personification of the north wind’

Latin Boreās

Latin boreālis ‘northern’

Today it means

adj hyperborean

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

Etymograph / hyperboreal