English
hyperellipse
From hyper- + ellipse.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- ‘to leave behind’
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Ancient Greek ἐλλείπω ‘to fall short, omit’
Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις ‘a falling short, defect’
Latin ellīpsis
French ellipse ‘ellipse (the locus of a point such that the…’
English ellipse
Today it means
noun A superellipse: a curve in two dimensions of a certain type, a generalization of the ellipse.
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Etymograph / hyperellipse