English
euphoria
Euphoria comes from Ancient Greek εὔφορος ‘bearing well’, from φέρω ‘to bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρωphérō‘to bear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὔφοροςeúphoros‘bearing well’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐφορίᾱeuphoríā
- New Latinc. 1500–1900euphoria
- Englishearliest quotation 2001same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρωphérō‘to bear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὔφοροςeúphoros‘bearing well’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐφορίᾱeuphoríā
- New Latinc. 1500–1900euphoria
- Englishearliest quotation 2001same form
Earliest quotation: 2001, Simply: “I live it big, some say it's notorious /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, suffering, burden, differently, barrel, fortune, bearing, barn, fury, baron, breeze, bark, bore, berth, indifferent, broom, barrow, differentiation, embargo, fret, infertility, ferret, deference, infertile, insufferable, furtive, bier, differentially, bahar, proffer, deferential, differentiable, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, 115 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, bear, relative, suffer, translation, relation, relate, extraordinary, differ, referendum, frustration, translate, referee, fertility, strangely, fertile, borne, extravagant, defer, confer, infer, fertilization, frustrate, elated, infra, extraneous, ablation, elation, strangeness, collation, fertilize, dilate, collate, ablative, efferent, oblate, 104 more
through Ancient Greek φέρω ‘to bear’
phosphate, phosphorus, semaphore, dysphoria, phosphine, 23 more
Today it means
noun An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / euphoria