English
hypercritic
From hyper- + critic.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
Ancient Greek κρίνω ‘to judge’
Ancient Greek κριτικός ‘of or for judging, able to discern’
Latin criticus ‘critical, decisive’
Middle French critique
English critic
Today it means
noun A carping or unduly censorious critic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypercritic