hyperfilamentous

adjective

Very filamentous

Opposite
hypofilamentous
OriginEnglish filamentous ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum →
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Meanings

adjectivehyperfilamentous (not comparable)

alternative hyper-filamentous

  1. not comparableVery filamentous

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
hypofilamentous

Origin

  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*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  8. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  9. Latinfīlum
  10. Late Latinfīlō
  11. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  12. Englishfilament
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  15. Englishfilamentous
  16. Englishhyperfilamentous

From hyper- + filamentous.

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