English

hyperparameter

From hyper- + parameter.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘measure’

New Latin parametrum

French paramètre

Today it means

noun A parameter of a prior (as distinguished from inferred parameters of the model for the underlying system under analysis).

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Etymograph / hyperparameter