estrus

estrus
estrus 1850, "frenzied passion," from L. oestrus "frenzy, gadfly," from Gk. oistros "gadfly, breeze, sting, mad impulse," perhaps from a PIE *eis, forming words denoting passion (Cf. Avestan aeЕЎma- "anger," Lith. aistra "violent passion," L. ira "anger"). First attested 1890 with specific meaning "rut in animals, heat." Earliest use (1690s) was for "a gadfly." Related: Estrous (1900).

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