English

hypervivid

From hyper- + vivid.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti ‘to live, to be alive’

Proto-Italic *gʷīwō ‘to live, to be alive’

Latin vīvō

Latin vīvidus ‘animated, spirited’

English vivid

Today it means

adj Extremely vivid.

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

Etymograph / hypervivid