English
hypercondensation
From hyper- + condensation.
Formed from hyper- + condensation
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *dens-
Latin densus ‘dense, compact’
Latin dēnsō ‘thicken’
Latin condēnsō ‘to make very dense, press close together,…’
Latin condensatio
English condensation
Today it means
noun A class of condensation reaction involving reaction of a carbonyl group with a methylene group to form an alkene with the loss of the elements of water (>C=O + CH₂< -> >C=C<).
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Etymograph / hypercondensation