English

hypernymy

Hypernymy comes from English hypernym.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of hyper- + -nymy

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Every English word from English hypernym

noun The semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous.

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