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Where does “atrabiliario” come from?

atrabiliario (Spanish) comes from Latin atrabilarius, from Latin ātra bīlis, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία, from Ancient Greek μελάγχολος, from Ancient Greek χόλος, from Ancient Greek χολή, from Proto-Hellenic kʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰolh₃-éh₂ — to flourish; green, yellow.

atrabiliario (Spanish): atrabilious; choleric

Definitions

  1. atrabilious; choleric

Ancestry of “atrabiliario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinatrabilariusCharacterized by black bile; melancholy
2Latinātra bīlis—
3Ancient Greekμελαγχολίαmelancholy, atrabiliousness
4Ancient Greekμελάγχολοςdipped in black bile
5Ancient Greekχόλος—
6Ancient Greekχολήgall, bile; gall bladder; bitterness, wrath,...
7Proto-Hellenickʰolā́gall, bile
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰolh₃-éh₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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