English
hyperobservant
From hyper- + observant.
Formed from hyper- + observant
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’
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Latin servus ‘a slave’
Latin servō ‘watch, keep safe’
Latin observō ‘to observe, watch, pay attention to’
French observer ‘to observe, watch’
English observant
first attested First used in the 1980s (as stated in the etymology)
Today it means
adj Extremely observant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperobservant