English
hyperwhitehyperwhite
From hyper- + white.
Formed from hyper- + white
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós
Proto-Germanic *hwītaz
Proto-West Germanic *hwīt
Old English hwīt
Middle English whit ‘white’
English white
Today it means
adj Very much white or Caucasian; following the stereotypes of the white race to the exclusion of others.
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