Etymology

hyperdrive

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Today it means: A spaceship engine that allows faster-than-light travel by entering hyperspace. Full definition →

English drive ← Middle English driven ← 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 Englishdriven
  8. Englishdrive
  9. English todayhyperdrive

From hyper- + drive.

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