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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed probably from French hystérique, from Latin hysterica passiō, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra), feminine of ὕστερος (hústeros), from Proto-Indo-European *udero-.[1][2]
Noun
исте́рика • (istérika) f inan (genitive исте́рики, nominative plural исте́рики, genitive plural исте́рик)
- hysterics
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
исте́рика • (istérika) m anim
- genitive/accusative singular of исте́рик (istérik)
References
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “истерика”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1539