English

hypercatharsis

From hyper- + catharsis.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Ancient Greek καθαρός ‘clean’

Ancient Greek καθαίρω ‘I cleanse’

Ancient Greek κάθαρσις ‘cleansing, purging’

Today it means

noun Violent purging

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hypercatharsis