Etymograph

English

hyperverbal

From hyper- + verbal.

Formed from hyper- + verbal

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to speak, say’

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Proto-Italic *werðom ‘word’

Latin verbum ‘word’

Late Latin verbālis ‘belonging to a word’

Old French verbal

English verbal

Today it means

adj Highly verbal; tending to talk very much.

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

Etymograph / hyperverbal