English
hypercompensation
From hyper- + compensation.
Formed from hyper- + compensation
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’
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Latin compēnsō ‘to balance, poise, weigh, offset’
Latin compēnsātiō ‘weighing (of factors), balancing, equalizing’
Old French compensacion
Middle English compensacioun
English compensation
Today it means
noun Excessive compensation for something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercompensation