Etymograph

English

hypercompetence

From hyper- + competence.

Formed from hyper- + competence

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Latin competēns ‘meeting, agreeing’

Late Latin competentia ‘agreement, symmetry, correspondence’

Middle French compétence

English competence

Today it means

noun The condition of being hypercompetent

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

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