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hyper-

/ˈhaɪpə/ UK
/ˈhaɪpəɹ/ US
/ˈhaɪpəɹ/ Canada
[ˈhʌɪpɚ] Canada
/ˈhɑɪpə/ Australia

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Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.

English hyper-

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”) (English over), from *upo (“under, below”) (whence English up). Doublet of over-, super-, sur-, and uber-.

prefix

morpheme over, above
morpheme much, more than normal
morpheme excessive hyper- → hyperactive
morpheme intensely, extremely, exceptional
morpheme big, huge, giant
morpheme beyond hyper- → hypersonic
morpheme existing in more than three spatial dimensions hyper- → hyperspace
morpheme linked non-sequentially hyper- → hypertext

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