English
hypercolumn
From hyper- + column.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *kelH- ‘to rise, be tall’
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Latin culmen ‘a pillar, top, crown, summit’
Latin columna ‘a column, pillar, post’
Old French columne
Middle English columne
English column
Today it means
noun An array of orientation columns in the visual cortex
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercolumn