English

hyperdirect

From hyper- + direct.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin regō ‘to make straight, rule’

Latin dīrigō ‘to straighten, direct’

Latin dīrēctus ‘laid straight’

Today it means

adj Describing the pathway from the cortex to the globus pallidus via the subthalamus and bypassing the striatum

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

Etymograph / hyperdirect