English
hypertap
From hyper- + tap.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- ‘to lose’
Proto-Germanic *tappô ‘a plug, tap’
Proto-West Germanic *tappō
Old English tæppa ‘tap, spigot’
Middle English tappe ‘hollow device for controlling the flow of…’
English tap
first attested First attested in 2010, but in common usage only as of 2018 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 2010, but in common usage only as of 2018. Coined by adult Tetris players to describe a technique used by Thor Aackerlund in a 1990 tournament.
Today it means
verb To use voluntary muscle tremors to rapidly press and depress a button.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypertap