Etymology

hypergiant

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Today it means: A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant. Full definition →

English giant ← Middle English geaunt ← Old French gaiant
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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 GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  8. Latingigās, gigantem
  9. Vulgar Latin*gagantem
  10. Old Frenchgaiant
  11. Middle Englishgeaunt
  12. Englishgiant
  13. English todayhypergiant

From hyper- + giant.

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