English
hyperintellectual
From hyper- + intellectual.
Formed from hyper- + intellectual
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Latin intellegō ‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’
Latin intellēctus ‘understanding’
Latin intellectualis
Old French intellectuel
English intellectual
Today it means
adj Very highly intellectual.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperintellectual