hyperdeveloped

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *(h)upér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *wrebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂ti

Proto-Indo-European *wrobʰnéh₂ti

Proto-Germanic *wrappōną?

Proto-Germanic *wlappōną

Frankish *wlappōnbor.

Vulgar Latin *volupp-der.?

Old French veloper

Old French desveloper

Middle French desveloper

French développerbor.

English develop

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Old English -ed

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz

Old English -od

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English developed

English hyperdeveloped

From hyper- + developed.

Adjective

hyperdeveloped (comparative more hyperdeveloped, superlative most hyperdeveloped)

1. Developed to a very high degree.

   Antonym: underdeveloped

   • 1985, Brian M Stableford, David Langford, The Third Millennium:

     All the hyperdeveloped nations suffered equally from this slump.

   • 2006, Dante Cicchetti, Donald J Cohen, Developmental Psychopathology:

     What the extreme brain theory fails to consider, however, are the adverse consequences of a hyperdeveloped capacity for empathy...

Related terms

• development

Translations

developed to a very high degree

• French: hyperdéveloppé (fr) m