hystericus

Latin

Etymology

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

Adjective

hystericus (feminine hysterica, neuter hystericum)

hysterical

Descendants

English: hysteric, hysteria, hysteric

References

hystericus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hystericus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
hystericus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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