Etymograph

English

hypersomnolent

From hyper- + somnolent.

Formed from hyper- + somnolent

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *swep- ‘to sleep’

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Latin somnus ‘sleep’

Latin somnolentus ‘heavy with sleep, sleepy, drowsy, dozy,…’

Old French sompnolent

French somnolent

English somnolent

Today it means

adj Excessively sleepy

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

Etymograph / hypersomnolent