English
hypercontraction
From hyper- + contraction.
Formed from hyper- + contraction
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Latin trahō ‘drag’
Latin contrahō ‘draw together, shorten’
Latin contractiō ‘a drawing together, contraction’
Old French contraction
Middle English contraccioun
English contraction
Today it means
noun excessive contraction
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercontraction