The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπερβόρεος
- Late Latin · derived fromhyperboreanus
- English todayhyperborean
From Late Latin hyperboreanus, cognate with Classical Latin hyperboreus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος (huperbóreos), composed of ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”). By surface analysis, nearly hyper- + boreal. See also Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὑπερβόρεος all →
Hyperborea
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.