English

hyperfold

From hyper- + fold.

Formed from hyper- + fold

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to fold’

Proto-Germanic *falþaną ‘to fold’

Proto-West Germanic *falþan ‘to fold’

Old English fealdan ‘to fold’

Middle English folden ‘to fold’

English fold

Today it means

noun A structure in proteins consisting of a set of interlaced folds around a centroid fold

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Etymograph / hyperfold