Etymograph

English

hyperosculate

From hyper- + osculate.

Formed from hyper- + osculate

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s ‘mouth’

…

Latin ōs ‘mouth’

Latin ōsculum ‘a kiss’

Latin ōsculor ‘to kiss’

Latin ōsculātus ‘having kissed’

English osculate

Today it means

verb To osculate at multiple points.

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

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