English
hypercompetition
From hyper- + competition.
Formed from hyper- + competition
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Latin petō ‘to seek’
Latin competō ‘to come together, meet’
Late Latin competītiō
French compétition
English competition
Today it means
noun An elevated level of competition (between companies or organisms)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercompetition