English

hyperresponse

From hyper- + response.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *spend- ‘to libate’

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Latin respōnsus ‘answered’

Latin respōnsum ‘answer’

Old French respuns ‘response’

Middle English respounse

Today it means

noun An unusually large response

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

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