Etymograph

English

hyperconjugation

From hyper- + conjugation.

A compound of hyper- + conjugation

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’

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Latin iugum ‘yoke’

Latin iugō ‘to join, yoke’

Latin coniugō ‘join, unite together’

Latin coniugātiō ‘combining, connecting’

English conjugation

Today it means

noun A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system

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