Etymograph

English

hyperendemic

From hyper- + endemic.

A compound of hyper- + endemic

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- ‘to share, divide’

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂mos

Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos

Ancient Greek δῆμος ‘a district, a country, a land’

English endemic

Today it means

adj That has a high and continued incidence in an area.

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

Etymograph / hyperendemic