English

hypergiant

From hyper- + giant.

A compound of hyper- + giant

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Ancient Greek γίγας

Latin gigās

Vulgar Latin *gagās

Old French geant

Middle English geaunt ‘a giant’

English giant

Today it means

noun A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.

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

Etymograph / hypergiant