Hysteria
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early 19th century: from Latin hystericus (see hysteric).
wiktionary
From New Latin hysteria, from hysteric, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός(husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα(hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.
etymonline
hysteria (n.)
nervous disease, 1801, coined in medical Latin as an abstract noun from Greek hystera "womb," from PIE *udtero-, variant of *udero- "abdomen, womb, stomach" (see uterus). Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. With abstract noun ending -ia. General sense of "unhealthy emotion or excitement" is by 1839.
