Etymograph

English

hypervelocity

From hyper- + velocity.

A compound of hyper- + velocity

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-lo- ‘wind’

Latin vēlōx ‘fast’

Latin vēlōcitās ‘speed’

Middle French vélocité

English velocity

Today it means

adj Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.

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