English
hypercorrect
Back-formation from hypercorrection, equivalent to hyper- + correct.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Latin regō ‘to rule; to straighten’
Latin corrigō ‘to correct, set right’
Latin correctus ‘corrected; straightened’
French correct
English correct
Today it means
adj Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercorrect