Etymology

hyperbutt

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Today it means: An exaggerated, unrealistically large butt. Full definition →

English butt ← Middle English butte ← 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. Middle Englishbutte
  8. Englishbutt
  9. English todayhyperbutt

From hyper- + butt.

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