Where does “hyperbolique” come from?
hyperbolique (French) comes from Latin hyperbolicus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβάλλω, from Ancient Greek ὑπερ-, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
hyperbolique (French): hyperbolic
Ancestry of “hyperbolique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | hyperbolicus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὑπερβολικός | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὑπερβολή | overshooting; superiority; excess, extremity |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὑπερβάλλω | to go beyond, exceed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὑπερ- | over-, super- |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὑπέρ | for; over-much, above measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “hyperbolique”