English

hypertragical

From hyper- + tragical.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Ancient Greek τράγω ‘to gnaw, nibble’

Ancient Greek τράγος ‘billy-goat’

Ancient Greek τραγικός ‘of or like a goat, goatish’

Today it means

adj Highly or affectedly tragic.

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

Etymograph / hypertragical