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
- sadly; moodily; gloomily
Ancestry of “melancolicamente”, step by step
melancolicamente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese melancólico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | melancólico | sad; melancholic; moody |
| 2 | Late Latin | melancholicus | — |
| 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 |
via Galician melancólico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | melancólico | melancholic |