English

hypercontract

From hyper- + contract.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin trahō ‘to draw, to pull’

Latin contrahō ‘to bring together; conclude a bargain’

Latin contractus ‘contract’

Old French contract

Today it means

verb To contract excessively

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

Etymograph / hypercontract