English

hypermodest

From hyper- + modest.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure’

Latin modestus ‘moderate, calm, restrained, mild’

Middle French modeste

Today it means

adj Extremely modest.

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

Etymograph / hypermodest