English
hypermetabolic
From hyper- + metabolic.
Formed from hyper- + metabolic
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to hit by throwing’
…
Ancient Greek βάλλω ‘to throw’
Ancient Greek μεταβάλλω ‘to change’
Ancient Greek μεταβολή ‘change’
Ancient Greek μεταβολικός
English metabolic
Today it means
adj Pertaining to hypermetabolism.
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Etymograph / hypermetabolic