Etymology

hyper-use

Today it means: excessive use. Full definition →

English use ← Middle English use ← Old French us
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Latinūtor
  8. Latinūsus
  9. Old Frenchus
  10. Middle Englishuse
  11. Englishuse
  12. English todayhyper-use

From hyper- + use.

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