hyps-
prefix (before a vowel)
another name for hypso-
hypso- or (before a vowel) hyps-
combining form
indicating height
⇒
hypsometry
Origin
from Greek hupsoshyps-
combining form
or hypsi- or hypso-
Etymology: in sense 1, from Greek, from hypsos; in sense 2, from Greek, from hypsi; Greek hypsos & Greek hypsi akin to Greek hypo under — more at up
1. : height
< hypsography >
2. : on high : aloft
< hypsicephalic >
< hypsodont >
or hypsi- or hypso-
1.
< hypsography >
2.
< hypsicephalic >
< hypsodont >
hyps- 1hypsi- hypso-
Prefix
- Height.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”)
hyps- 2
Prefix
- Aloft, on high.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi, “aloft, on high, on the high seas”)