hystericus

Concepts

hysterical

hysteric

Translations

hystérique

histérico

hysterisch

hysterisch

υστερικός

histérico

isterico

isterik

histèric

sujet à des crises de nerfs

durchgedreht

histerico

atteint d’hystérie

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”) from the Greek belief that hysteria was caused by a disturbance in the uterus and that it belonged exclusively to women. Compare the English hystero- (“of or pertaining to the uterus or womb”), the Latin suffix -icus and the French hystérie.