English
hyperreality
Hyperreality comes from French réalité ‘reality’, from Latin reālis ‘existing in fact, having objective existence’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís ‘wealth, goods’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)reh₁ís‘wealth, goods’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reis‘thing, matter’reconstructed
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēs‘thing, object, stuff’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreālis‘existing in fact, having objective existence’
- Medieval Latinmodernreālitā
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréalité‘reality’
- English1500–presentreality
- Englishearliest quotation 2022hyperreality
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)reh₁ís‘wealth, goods’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*reis‘thing, matter’reconstructed
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēs‘thing, object, stuff’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreālis‘existing in fact, having objective existence’
- Medieval Latinmodernreālitā
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréalité‘reality’
- English1500–presentreality
- Englishearliest quotation 2022hyperreality
Earliest quotation: 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties: “What Tarantino captured was something that was accelerating across…”
A compound of hyper- + reality
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís ‘wealth, goods’
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Late Latin reālis ‘real’
Medieval Latin reālitās
Middle French realité ‘property, possession’
French réalité ‘quality of being real’
English reality
Linked words
through Classical Latin rēs ‘thing, object, stuff’
re, realise, realisation, rebus, 17 more
through Latin reālis ‘existing in fact, having objective existence’
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being hyperreal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís / hyperreality