Etymograph

English

hyperconservatism

From hyper- + conservatism.

Formed from hyper- + conservatism

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’

Old Latin servos

Latin servus ‘a slave’

Latin servō

Latin conservō ‘to conserve’

English conservatism

Today it means

noun The quality of being hyperconservative.

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

Etymograph / hyperconservatism