Etymograph

English

hypervalue

From hyper- (“over, above, beyond, excessive”) + value.

Formed from hyper- ‘over, above, beyond, excessive’ + value

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- ‘to be strong’

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Latin valeō ‘to be strong, be worth’

Old French valoir

Old French value

Middle English valew

English value

Today it means

noun A value more important or beyond an ordinary value.

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

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