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Where does “hypercritically” come from?

hypercritically (English) comes from English hypercritical, from English critical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

hypercritically (English): in a hypercritical manner

Definitions

  1. in a hypercritical manner

Ancestry of “hypercritically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhypercriticalMeticulously or excessively critical
2EnglishcriticalInclined to find fault or criticize; Pertaining...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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