English
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From hyper- + phoresy.
Formed from hyper- + phoresy
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘carry’
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Ancient Greek φέρω ‘to bear, carry’
Ancient Greek φορέω ‘I wear, I bear’
Ancient Greek φόρησις ‘wearing, garment’
French phorésie
English phoresy
Today it means
noun The situation of one organism carrying another organism, which is itself carrying a third organism, due to phoresy.
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