English
hyperinhibition
From hyper- + inhibition.
Formed from hyper- + inhibition
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’
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Latin inhibeō ‘to lay hold of, keep back, restrain, curb,…’
Latin inhibitio ‘restraint’
Old French inibicion
Middle English inhibicioun
English inhibition
Today it means
noun A higher than normal level of inhibition
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperinhibition