English

hyperinfection

From hyper- + infection.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

…

Latin faciō ‘to perform, do’

Latin īnficiō ‘to corrupt, to poison, to spoil, to taint, to…’

Late Latin īnfectiō

Old French infection

Today it means

noun repeated reinfection with the larvae of parasites already in the body

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

Etymograph / hyperinfection