I don't know how Ethereum transaction fee was in the last few years but in this year the gas or the transaction fee is very high that it is not easy to buy Ethereum.
2021 was a crazy ride for the gas fees, I think that's the peak of it when all of these upgrades have been that somehow had decreased the gas fees but still, they're considered quite high as of the moment.
I bought Ethereum last week and out of the 100% 40% was use as the transaction fee and I really regret of buying Ethereum at this time. If I would have known I would have waited for sometimes before investing in it. And now that if the price didn't hit $10k then I will be a very big loser of the investment.
Where did you buy it? if it's with the dexes, you really have to spend a lot from the fees + commissions the platform gets. But if it's with the cexes, you just buy and avoid fees from having those transactions because it is a direct purchase but the trouble comes next when you're about to transfer it to your wallet.