Etymology

hyperfiction

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Today it means: Fiction written in a hypertext medium, usually allowing the reader to make decisions that affect the storyline. Full definition →

English fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion
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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*dʰeyǵʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  9. Proto-Italic*θingō
  10. Proto-Italic*fingō
  11. Latinfingō
  12. Latinfictiō
  13. Old Frenchficcion
  14. Middle Englishficcioun
  15. Englishfiction
  16. English todayhyperfiction

From hyper- + fiction.

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