Etymograph

English

hyperoral

From hyper- + oral.

Formed from hyper- + oral

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os

Proto-Italic *ōs ‘mouth’

Latin ōs ‘the mouth’

Late Latin ōrālis

English oral

Today it means

adj Having excessive compulsions to place things in the mouth.

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

Etymograph / hyperoral