English

hyperpyretic

From hyper- + pyretic.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’

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Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’

Ancient Greek πυρετός ‘fever’

Ancient Greek πυρετικός ‘febrile’

New Latin pyreticus

Today it means

adj Relating to hyperpyresis

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

Etymograph / hyperpyretic