English
hypersurveillance
From hyper- + surveillance.
Formed from hyper- + surveillance
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- ‘to be lively, awake’
…
Old French veillier ‘to stay awake’
Old French surveillier ‘to keep watch over’
French surveiller ‘to watch, oversee’
French surveillance ‘a watching over, overseeing, supervision’
English surveillance
Today it means
noun Extreme, excessive surveillance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypersurveillance