Etymograph

English

hypervalency

From hyper- + valency.

Formed from hyper- + valency

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

…

Proto-Italic *walēō ‘to be strong’

Latin valeō ‘to be well, healthy, sound’

Latin valēns ‘strong, healthy’

Late Latin valentia

English valency

Today it means

noun A higher than normal valency (typically involving a transfer of the electrons from the central (hypervalent) atom to the nonbonding molecular orbitals which it forms with (usually more electronegative) ligands)

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

Etymograph / hypervalency