English

hyperdorism

From hyper- + Doric + -ism.

Formed from hyper- + Doric + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

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Proto-Hellenic *dṓron ‘gift’

Ancient Greek δῶρον ‘gift’

Ancient Greek Δῶρος

Ancient Greek Δωρικός ‘related to Dorians’

English Doric

Today it means

noun A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Doric Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Doric Greek.

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

Etymograph / hyperdorism