Etymology

euphoric

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Today it means: Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria. Full definition →

English euphoria ← New Latin euphoria ← Ancient Greek εὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wésus?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁su-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ehu-
  6. Ancient Greekἐΰς (eǘs)
  7. Ancient Greekεὖ (eû)
  8. Ancient Greekεὐ- (eu-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  11. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  12. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  13. Ancient Greekεὔφορος (eúphoros)
  14. Ancient Greekεὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā)
  15. New Latineuphoria
  16. Englisheuphoria
  17. English todayeuphoric

From euphoria + -ic.

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