Etymology

hyperdramatic

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Today it means: Very highly dramatic. Full definition →

English dramatic ← Latin drāmaticu ← Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)
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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. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  8. Ancient Greekδρᾶμα (drâma)
  9. Ancient Greekδρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)
  10. Latindrāmaticu
  11. Englishdramatic
  12. English todayhyperdramatic

From hyper- + dramatic.

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