hysterical

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑστερικός“suffering in the womb, hysterical”
2. Latin · derived fromhystericus
3. English todayhysterical

From hysteric + -al, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”), from ῠ̔στέρᾱ (hŭstérā, “womb”).

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