English

hypernormal

From hyper- + normal.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin nōrma ‘carpenter's square’

Latin nōrmālis ‘made according to a carpenter's square’

Today it means

adj In excess of the normal; above the normal.

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

Etymograph / hypernormal