Etymology

hypernova

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Today it means: The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole. Full definition →

English nova ← Latin novus ← Proto-Italic *nowos
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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. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  8. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  9. Proto-Italic*nowos
  10. Latinnovus
  11. Englishnova
  12. English todayhypernova

From hyper- + nova.

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