English

hyperliteral

From hyper- + literal.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Old French literal

Middle English literal

Today it means

adj Extremely literal.

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

Etymograph / hyperliteral