Etymograph

English

hyperliterary

From hyper- + literary.

Formed from hyper- + literary

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Latin littera ‘letter’

Latin litterārius

French littéraire

English literary

Today it means

adj Highly literary.

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

Etymograph / hyperliterary