Where does “ipergigante” come from?

ipergigante (Italian) comes from Italian gigante, from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek Γίγας, from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς.

ipergigante (Italian): hypergiant

Definitions

  1. hypergiant

Ancestry of “ipergigante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangigantegiant; huge, gigantic, colossal
2Latingigāsgiant
3Ancient GreekΓίγαςone of the Gigantes; a Gigas
4Ancient GreekΓίγᾱς—
Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς →Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγας →Every word from Latin gigās →