Where does “humorality” come from?
humorality (English) comes from English humoral, from Middle English humerale, from Latin humoralis, from Latin humor, from Latin umor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
humorality (English): A specific health and temperament that was believed to arise from an individual's balance of humors
Definitions
- A specific health and temperament that was believed to arise from an individual's balance of humors
Ancestry of “humorality”, step by step
humorality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humoral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humoral | Relating to the body fluids or humours |
| 2 | Middle English | humerale | — |
| 3 | Latin | humoralis | — |
| 4 | Latin | humor | liquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | umor | liquid, fluid, humour; moisture |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |