English
hypercorrective
From hyper- + corrective.
Formed from hyper- + corrective
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Latin correctus ‘corrected’
Latin correctīvus ‘corrective, reformative’
French correctif
English corrective
Today it means
adj Tending to hypercorrect; pertaining to hypercorrection.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercorrective