height, high: hypsometer
also, before a vowel, hyps-
Origin of hypso-
from Classical Greek hypsos, height from Indo-European an unverified form ups-, high from base an unverified form upo-: see uphypso-
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hypso-
or hyps-
prefix
Height: hypsometer.
Origin of hypso-
From Greek hupsos height, top ; see upo in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Prefix
- Height.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ὕψος (hypsos, “height”)
Prefix
- Aloft, on high.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ὕψι (hupsi, “aloft, on high, on the high seas”)
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