English Explanatory Dictionary

hyps-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Height.
  2. Aloft, on high, high.

Word forms

hyps- hypsi- hypso-

Etymology

From ὕψ- (húps-), stem of ὕψι (húpsi, “aloft, on high”), from Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”). By surface analysis, hyps- + -i-.

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