Etymograph

English

hyperphoresy

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.

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

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