English
hypergalaxyhypergalaxy
From hyper- + galaxy.
Formed from hyper- + galaxy
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ ‘milk’
Ancient Greek γαλαξίας ‘Milky Way’
Latin galaxias
Old French galaxie
Middle English galaxye
English galaxy
Today it means
noun A system that consists of an enormous galaxy accompanied by multiple, smaller satellite galaxies, often elliptical, such as the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy.
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