English

hypercover

From hyper- + cover.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Italic *opweriō

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Latin cooperiō ‘to cover completely’

Late Latin cooperiō ‘to cover’

Old French covrir

Middle English coveren ‘to cover’

English cover

Today it means

noun A certain generalisation of a cover obtained iteratively

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

Etymograph / hypercover