Where does “hypermutagenic” come from?

hypermutagenic (English) comes from English mutagenic, from English -genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

hypermutagenic (English): Very mutagenic

Definitions

  1. Very mutagenic

Ancestry of “hypermutagenic”, step by step

hypermutagenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mutagenic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmutagenicCapable of causing mutation; Relating to...
2English-genicproducing or generating something; produced or...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English hyper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhyperhyperactive; energetic; overly diligent;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en