English
hyperpathetic
From hyper- + pathetic.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Ancient Greek πάσχω ‘to suffer’
Ancient Greek παθητικός ‘subject to feeling, capable of feeling,…’
Latin patheticus ‘full of pathos, affecting, pathetic’
Middle French pathétique
English pathetic
Today it means
adj Extremely pathetic (full of pathos).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperpathetic