English
hypercarnivore
From hyper- + carnivore.
Formed from hyper- + carnivore
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
Proto-Italic *karō ‘meat’
Latin carō ‘meat, flesh’
Latin carnivorus ‘feeding on flesh, carnivorous, meat-eating’
French carnivore ‘carnivorous’
English carnivore
Today it means
noun Any animal whose diet is predominantly (more than 70%) meat from animals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercarnivore