English

hypertense

From hyper- + tense.

A compound of hyper- + tense

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’

Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’

Latin tempus ‘a time’

Old French tens

Middle English tens

English tense

Today it means

adj Extremely tense.

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

Etymograph / hypertense