English
hypercathartic
From hyper- + cathartic.
Formed from hyper- + cathartic
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Ancient Greek καθαρός ‘clean’
Ancient Greek κᾰθαίρω ‘to cleanse, to purify’
Ancient Greek καθαρτικός ‘of or fit for cleansing or purifying’
New Latin catharticus ‘purgative’
English cathartic
Today it means
adj Relating to hypercatharsis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercathartic