English

hypercarnal

From hyper- + carnal.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

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Latin carō ‘meat, flesh’

Late Latin carnālis ‘fleshy’

Old French charnel

Middle English carnal

Today it means

adj Extremely carnal.

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

Etymograph / hypercarnal