Where does “antimelancholic” come from?
antimelancholic (English) comes from English melancholic, from Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία, from Ancient Greek μελάγχολος, from Ancient Greek χόλος, from Ancient Greek χολή, from Proto-Hellenic kʰolā́ — to flourish; green, yellow.
antimelancholic (English): Countering melancholy
Definitions
- Countering melancholy
Ancestry of “antimelancholic”, step by step
antimelancholic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English melancholic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | melancholic | Filled with or affected by melancholy—great... |
| 2 | Latin | melancholicus | having black bile, atrabilious, melancholy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μελαγχολικός | atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μελαγχολία | melancholy, atrabiliousness |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μελάγχολος | dipped in black bile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χόλος | gall, bile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χολή | gall, bile; gall bladder; bitterness, wrath,... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kʰolā́ | gall, bile |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰolh₃-éh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |