Etymograph

English

hyperdestructive

From hyper- + destructive.

Formed from hyper- + destructive

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to strew, to spread out’

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Latin dēstruō ‘to tear down, destroy’

Latin dēstrūctīvus

Middle French destructif

Middle English destructyve

English destructive

Today it means

adj Exceptionally destructive

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

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