Etymograph

English

hypercaloric

From hyper- + caloric.

Formed from hyper- + caloric

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- ‘to be hot’

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Proto-Italic *kalēō

Latin caleō ‘to be warm, hot’

Latin calor ‘heat’

French calorique

English caloric

Today it means

adj Extremely dense or abundant in calories.

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

Etymograph / hypercaloric