Where does “hypermeasure” come from?

hypermeasure (English) comes from English measure, from Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra, from Latin mētior, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

hypermeasure (English): A unit in which each regular measure is one beat (actually hyperbeat) of a larger meter

Definitions

  1. A unit in which each regular measure is one beat (actually hyperbeat) of a larger meter

Ancestry of “hypermeasure”, step by step

hypermeasure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English measure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeasureA prescribed quantity or extent; The act or...
2Middle Englishmesure
3Old Frenchmesure
4Latinmēnsūrameasure; a measuring
5Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via English hyper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhyperhyperactive; energetic; overly diligent;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-Every word from Latin mētiorEvery word from Latin mēnsūra