English

hyperwet

From hyper- (“intensely, extremely”) + wet.

Formed from hyper- ‘intensely, extremely’ + wet

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

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Proto-West Germanic *wātijan ‘to wet’

Old English wǣtan ‘to wet’

Middle English weten ‘to wet’

Middle English wet ‘wet’

English wet

Today it means

adj Very wet.

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

Etymograph / hyperwet