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Where does “hyperboliquement” come from?

hyperboliquement (French) comes from French hyperbolique, 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.

hyperboliquement (French): hyperbolically

Definitions

  1. hyperbolically

Ancestry of “hyperboliquement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhyperboliquehyperbolic
2Latinhyperbolicus—
3Ancient Greekὑπερβολικός—
4Ancient Greekὑπερβολήovershooting; superiority; excess, extremity
5Ancient Greekὑπερβάλλωto go beyond, exceed
6Ancient Greekὑπερ-over-, super-
7Ancient Greekὑπέρfor; over-much, above measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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