Where does “hyperstereogram” come from?

hyperstereogram (English) comes from English stereogram, from English stereo, from English stereotype, from French stéréotype, from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.

hyperstereogram (English): A stereoscopic image depicting objects far away from the observer

Definitions

  1. A stereoscopic image depicting objects far away from the observer

Ancestry of “hyperstereogram”, step by step

hyperstereogram traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stereogram

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstereogramAn early stereophonic music centre containing a...
2EnglishstereoA system of recording or reproducing sound that...
3EnglishstereotypeA conventional, formulaic, and often...
4FrenchstéréotypeA stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and...
5Frenchtypetype; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface
6Latintypusfigure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,...
7Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
8Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via English hyper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhyperhyperactive; energetic; overly diligent;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω