Etymograph

English

hyperpurist

From hyper- + purist.

Formed from hyper- + purist

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’

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Old French pur ‘pure’

Middle French pur

French pur ‘pure (unspoilt)’

French puriste

English purist

Today it means

adj Extremely purist.

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

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