English
hypercompensatory
From hyper- + compensatory.
Formed from hyper- + compensatory
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Latin pensō ‘to weigh’
Latin compēnsāre
French compenser ‘to compensate for, to offset’
French compensatoire
English compensatory
Today it means
adj Relating to hypercompensation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercompensatory