Etymograph

English

hyperprecise

From hyper- + precise.

Formed from hyper- + precise

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

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Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

Latin caedō ‘cut’

Latin praecīsus ‘shortened, severed’

Middle French précis

English precise

Today it means

adj Very precise

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

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