English

hyperserious

From hyper- + serious.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin sērius ‘grave, earnest, serious’

Medieval Latin sēriōsus

Old French serieux

Middle English seryows

Today it means

adj Excessively serious.

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

Etymograph / hyperserious