Etymograph

English

hyperpepsia

Hyperpepsia comes from Ancient Greek πέψις ‘digestion’, from πέσσω ‘to ripen’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-1‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷ-ye-1reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέσσω2‘to ripen’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέψις3pépsis‘digestion’
  5. Englishtodayhyperpepsia3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πέσσω
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πέψις
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English hyperpepsia

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πέσσω‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷ-ye-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πέσσωreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέσσωWiktionary, Ancient Greek πέψις‘to ripen’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέψιςWiktionary, English hyperpepsiapépsis‘digestion’
  5. EnglishtodayhyperpepsiaWiktionary, English hyperpepsia

Formed from hyper

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’

coach, cook, kitchen, pumpkin, cuisine, culinary, kiln, concoction, ricotta, concoct, quitter, decoction, 13 more

through Ancient Greek πέσσω ‘to ripen’

peptide, 6 more

through Ancient Greek πέψις ‘digestion’

peptic, dyspepsia, 1 more

Today it means

noun Dyspepsia characterized by an excess of chlorides in the gastric juice, without an excess of free hydrochloric acid.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hyperpepsia”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek πέσσω, Ancient Greek πέψις. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- / hyperpepsia

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