Etymograph

English

hypermnesia

From hyper- + -mnesia, on the model of amnesia.

A compound of hyper- + -mnesia

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Today it means

noun An elevated level of memory recall.

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

Etymograph / hypermnesia