Etymology

hyperconstriction

Today it means: Excessive constriction (of muscle tissue) Full definition →

English constriction ← Late Latin cōnstrictiō ← Latin cōnstringō
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  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*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincōn-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  14. Proto-Italic*stringō
  15. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  17. Proto-Italic*strengō
  18. Latinstringō
  19. Latincōnstringō
  20. Late Latincōnstrictiō
  21. Englishconstriction
  22. English todayhyperconstriction

From hyper- + constriction.

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