Etymograph

English

hyperspeed

From hyper- + speed.

A compound of hyper- + speed

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- ‘to prosper’

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Proto-West Germanic *spōan ‘to succeed’

Proto-West Germanic *spōdi ‘prosperity’

Old English spēd ‘success’

Middle English sped ‘prosperity’

English speed

Today it means

noun Extremely high speed

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

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