Etymograph

English

hypercarry

From hyper- + carry, in the sense that this character "carries" the player through the game.

Formed from hyper- + carry

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Latin carrus ‘four-wheeled baggage wagon’

Anglo-Norman carier

Middle English carien ‘to transport’

English carry

The story

From hyper- + carry, in the sense that this character "carries" the player through the game.

Today it means

noun A video game character that does so much damage that success in the game is mainly dependent on that character.

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

Etymograph / hypercarry