myEtymology.com: English etymology of hyperspace

Etymology of the English word hyperspace

the English word hyperspace

derived from the English word space

derived from the Old French word espace

derived from the Latin word spatium (interval, time, extent; race course, lap, circuit; space; area, expanse)

derived from the Latin word patere (stand open, be open; extend)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *petə-

using the English prefix hyper-

derived from the Greek word huper, ὑπέρ

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper