English

hyperfunction

From hyper- + function.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- ‘to enjoy’

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Latin fungor ‘to perform’

Latin fūnctiō ‘performance’

Old French fonction

Middle French function

Today it means

noun A generalization of a function.

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

Etymograph / hyperfunction