Etymology of the English word hypersonic
the English word
hypersonicusing the English prefix
hyper-derived from the Greek word
huper, ὑπέρ
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperderived from the English word
sonicderived from the Late Latin word
sonus (noise, sound)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*swen-Usage
Word found in Modern English