Etymology

hyperarid

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Today it means: Very arid, with an aridity index of less than 0.05. Full definition →

English arid ← Latin āridus ← French aride
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-eh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*āzēō
  10. Latināreō
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Latināridu
  13. Frencharide
  14. Latināridus
  15. Englisharid
  16. English todayhyperarid

From hyper- + arid.

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