Etymology

hyperbike

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Today it means: Any very high-performance motorcycle Full definition →

English bike ← French bicycle ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
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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. Frenchbicycle
  8. Englishbicycleclip.
  9. Englishbike
  10. English todayhyperbike

From hyper- + bike.

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