Etymograph

English

hyperthesis

From hyper- + metathesis.

Formed from hyper- + metathesis

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Ancient Greek μετάθεσις ‘transposition’

Late Latin metathesis

English metathesis

Today it means

noun A form of metathesis in which noncontiguous sounds are switched.

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

Etymograph / hyperthesis