English
subhyperbolic
From sub- + hyperbolic.
Formed from sub- + hyperbolic
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to hit by throwing’
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Ancient Greek ὑπερβάλλω ‘to go beyond, exceed’
Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή ‘excess, extremity’
Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός ‘hyperbolic, exaggerated’
Latin hyperbolic(us)
English hyperbolic
Today it means
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Sources
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