Etymology

hyperacid

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Today it means: Highly acidic. Full definition →

English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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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. Latinacidu
  8. Frenchacide
  9. Englishacid
  10. English todayhyperacid

From hyper- + acid.

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