Where does “hypervalent” come from?
hypervalent (French) comes from French hyper-, from German hyper- — prefix.
hypervalent (French): hypervalent
Ancestry of “hypervalent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | hyper- | hyper-; mega- |
| 2 | German | hyper- | prefix |