English

hypernasal

From hyper- + nasal.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s ‘nose’

Proto-Italic *nāssos

Latin nāsus ‘the nose’

Medieval Latin nāsālis

English nasal

Today it means

adj Excessively nasal.

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

Etymograph / hypernasal