Where does “bilious” come from?

Bilious derives from French bilieux, from Latin biliosus meaning "full of bile," from Latin bilis meaning "bile," ultimately from Proto-Italic -owonssos.

bilious (English): Of or pertaining to something containing or...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to something containing or...

Ancestry of “bilious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbilieuxbilious
2Latinbīliōsusbilious (full of bile)
3Latinbīlisbile
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bilious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin bīlis →