Etymograph

English

hyperrectangle

From hyper- + rectangle.

Formed from hyper- + rectangle

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Late Latin rectangulum ‘right angle’

English rectangle

Today it means

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Etymograph / hyperrectangle