hysteria

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑστερικός“suffering in the uterus, hysterical”
2. Latin · derived fromhystericus
3. New Latin · borrowed fromhysteria
4. English todayhysteria

From New Latin hysteria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.

Words from the same roots