English

hypermoron

From hyper- + moron.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Ancient Greek μωρός ‘foolish, dull’

Ancient Greek μωρόν

English moron

Today it means

noun A person exhibiting a specific form of arrested development.

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

Etymograph / hypermoron