English

hypernova

From hyper- + nova.

A compound of hyper- + nova

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’

Proto-Italic *nowos ‘new’

Latin novus ‘new’

English nova

Today it means

noun The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.

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

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