English
hypercontractile
From hyper- + contractile.
Formed from hyper- + contractile
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Latin contractus
French contracter ‘to engage via a formal or informal contract’
French contractile
English contractile
Today it means
adj Excessively contractile
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Etymograph / hypercontractile