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Where does “hypergroup” come from?

hypergroup (English) comes from English Group, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

hypergroup (English): Any algebraic group equipped with a...

Definitions

  1. Any algebraic group equipped with a...

Ancestry of “hypergroup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGroup—
2Frenchgroupegroup
3Italiangruppogroup, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton
4Vulgar Latincruppo—
5Renaissance Latingrupus—
6Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “hypergroup”

  • semihypergroup
  • subhypergroup
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