English

hypernovel

From hyper- + novel.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

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Latin novus ‘new’

Latin novellus ‘new, young’

Vulgar Latin *novella

Italian novella ‘tale, short story’

English novel

Today it means

noun A novel written in a hypertext medium.

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

Etymograph / hypernovel