Where does “hypergrooming” come from?

hypergrooming (English) comes from English grooming, from English groom, from English bridegroom, from Middle English brydgrome, from Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō, from Proto-Germanic brūdigumô.

hypergrooming (English): The abnormal situation where an animal grooms itself excessively

Definitions

  1. The abnormal situation where an animal grooms itself excessively

Ancestry of “hypergrooming”, step by step

hypergrooming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English grooming

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgroomingpresent participle of groom; Care for one's...
2EnglishgroomA man who is about to marry; A person who cares...
3EnglishbridegroomA man in the context of his own wedding; one who...
4Middle EnglishbrydgromeAlternative form of bridegome
5Middle EnglishbridegomeA groom; a man recently married or to be married;...
6Old Englishbrȳdgumabridegroom
7Proto-West Germanic*brūdigumōbridegroom, husband of the bride
8Proto-Germanicbrūdigumôbridegroom, husband of the bride
9Proto-Germanicgumôman
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰm̥mōearthling, human
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
12Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
13Proto-Indo-European-mi

via English hyper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhyperhyperactive; energetic; overly diligent;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi