The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδουλείᾱ“slavery”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπέρ“above”
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromhyperdūlīa
- English todayhyperdulia
From Medieval Latin hyperdūlīa, from hyper-, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + dūlīa, from Ancient Greek δουλείᾱ (douleíā, “slavery”), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὑπέρ all →
hypertrophyhyperemiahyper-hypergelasthypergolichyperzeugmamaschalyperidrosis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.