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Where does “acholia” come from?

acholia (English) comes from Polish a-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

acholia (English): Deficiency or absence of bile

Definitions

  1. Deficiency or absence of bile

Ancestry of “acholia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polisha-forming words with the sense of negation
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →