English

hyperlethal

From hyper- + lethal.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin lētum ‘death’

Latin lētālis ‘deadly, mortal, fatal’

Today it means

adj More than usually lethal

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

Etymograph / hyperlethal