English

hyperlinear

From hyper- + linear.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Italic *līnom

Latin līnum ‘flax’

Latin līneus ‘flaxen’

Latin līnea ‘line’

Latin līneāris ‘line-’

Today it means

adj Having unusually pronounced creases marking the skin.

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

Etymograph / hyperlinear