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Where does “hyperhamiltonian” come from?

hyperhamiltonian (English) comes from English hamiltonian, from English Hamilton, from Old English Hameldūne, from Old English dūne, from Old English adūne, from Old English ofdūne, from Old English dūn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnā — smoke; mist, haze.

hyperhamiltonian (English): Containing a closed circuit that visits one...

Definitions

  1. Containing a closed circuit that visits one...

Ancestry of “hyperhamiltonian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhamiltonianAlternative letter-case form of Hamiltonian
2EnglishHamiltonA United States ten-dollar bill
3Old EnglishHameldūne—
4Old Englishdūnehill; down, downward
5Old Englishadūne—
6Old Englishofdūneoff the hill; down
7Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
8Proto-Germanic*dūnā—
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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