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Where does “melancolicamente” come from?

melancolicamente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese melancólico, from Late 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.

melancolicamente (Portuguese): sadly; moodily; gloomily

Definitions

  1. sadly; moodily; gloomily

Ancestry of “melancolicamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemelancólicosad; melancholic; moody
2Late Latinmelancholicus—
3Ancient Greekμελαγχολικόςatrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or...
4Ancient Greekμελαγχολίαmelancholy, atrabiliousness
5Ancient Greekμελάγχολοςdipped in black bile
6Ancient Greekχόλος—
7Ancient Greekχολήgall, bile; gall bladder; bitterness, wrath,...
8Proto-Hellenickʰolā́gall, bile
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰolh₃-éh₂—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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