Etymograph

English

hyperforage

From hyper- + forage.

Formed from hyper- + forage

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to feed’

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Frankish *fōdar ‘fodder, sheath’

Old French fuerre ‘fodder, straw’

Old French fourage ‘animal fodder’

Middle English forage

English forage

Today it means

verb To forage hyperactively.

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

Etymograph / hyperforage