Where does “hypercorrectly” come from?
hypercorrectly (English) comes from English hypercorrect, from English hypercorrection, from English correction, from Old French correccion, from Latin correctio, from Latin corrigēre, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
hypercorrectly (English): In a hypercorrect manner
Definitions
- In a hypercorrect manner
Ancestry of “hypercorrectly”, step by step
hypercorrectly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hypercorrect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hypercorrect | nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of... |
| 2 | English | hypercorrection | Nonstandard language use that results from the... |
| 3 | English | correction | The act of correcting; A substitution for an... |
| 4 | Old French | correccion | — |
| 5 | Latin | correctio | correction, amendment; support,foundation |
| 6 | Latin | corrigēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |