English

hyperintensive

From hyper- + intensive.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *tend-

Old French intensif

Middle English intensive ‘fervent, great, intense’

Today it means

adj More than usually intensive

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

Etymograph / hyperintensive