Etymology

hyperpower

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Today it means: An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower. Full definition →

English power ← Middle English power ← Anglo-Norman poer
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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*pótis
  8. Proto-Italic*potis
  9. Proto-Italic*som
  10. Proto-Italic*possom
  11. Latinposse
  12. Vulgar Latinpotēre
  13. Old Frenchpooir
  14. Anglo-Normanpoer
  15. Middle Englishpower
  16. Englishpower
  17. English todayhyperpower

From hyper- + power.

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