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Where does “ὑστέρα” come from?

ὑστέρα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European údteros, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

ὑστέρα (Ancient Greek): uterus, womb; feminine nominative/vocative...

Definitions

  1. uterus, womb; feminine nominative/vocative...

Ancestry of “ὑστέρα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanúdteroshigher, outer
2Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “ὑστέρα”

  • hysterical
  • hysteria
  • hysterically
  • hysterectomy
  • hysterics
  • hysteric
  • unhysterical
  • hystericky
  • nonhysterical
  • panhysterectomy
  • hystericize
  • antihysterical
  • unhysterically
  • hysterectomize
  • globus hystericus
  • ecohysteria
  • abdominohysterectomy
  • hystericalness
  • hysterophytal
  • hysterophyte
  • hysterophytum
  • hystericus
  • hysteria
  • histeria
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