The story
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekὑπερ- (huper-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō)
- Ancient Greekὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ)
- Latinhyperbolē
- Middle Englishiperbole
- Englishhyperboleclip.
- English todayhype
Clipping of hyperbole.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.