Etymograph

English

hypercerebral

From hyper- + cerebral.

Formed from hyper- + cerebral

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂srom

Proto-Italic *kerazrom ‘brain’

Latin cerebrum ‘a brain’

French cérébral

English cerebral

Today it means

adj Very highly cerebral.

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

Etymograph / hypercerebral