Etymology

hypercar

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Today it means: A supercar with such extreme performance and expense as to have exclusiveness even when compared with most other supercars. Full definition →

English car ← Middle English carre ← Anglo-Norman carre
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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*ḱers-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
  9. Proto-Celtic*karros
  10. Gaulish*karros
  11. Latincarrus
  12. Anglo-Normancarre
  13. Middle Englishcarre
  14. Englishcar
  15. English todayhypercar

From hyper- + car.

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