English
hyperinformation
From hyper- + information.
Formed from hyper- + information
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Latin fōrma
…
Latin īnfōrmō ‘to form, give shape to’
Latin īnfōrmātiō ‘formation, conception; education’
Anglo-Norman informacioun
Middle English enformacioun
English information
Today it means
noun An excess of information, leading to information overload.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperinformation