English

hyperdense

From hyper- + dense.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *dens- ‘thick, dense’

Latin dēnsus ‘dense, compact’

Middle French dense

English dense

Today it means

adj Extremely dense.

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

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