English

hyperlegal

From hyper- + legal.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’

Latin lēx ‘law’

Latin lēgālis ‘legal’

English legal

Today it means

adj Making very great or excessive use of the legal system.

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

Etymograph / hyperlegal