The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑστερικός“suffering in the uterus, hysterical”
- Latin · derived fromhystericus
- English todayhysteric
From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”).
Words from the same roots
Latinhystericus all →
hysteriahysterical
Ancient Greekὑστερικός all →
hysteriahysterical
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.