Etymograph

English

hypermetria

Hypermetria comes from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over, above’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *upér.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*upér‘over, above’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hupérreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑπέρ‘over, above’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2004hypermetria

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*upér‘over, above’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hupérreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑπέρ‘over, above’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2004hypermetria

Earliest quotation: 2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat: “Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based…”

Linked words

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

over, super, supreme, summary, uber, soprano, supra, consummate, summa, 20 more

Today it means

noun Dysmetria in which the patient tends to overshoot the intended target.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *upér / hypermetria

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