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Where does “colérico” come from?

colérico (Spanish) comes from Spanish cólera, from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα, from Ancient Greek χολή, from Proto-Hellenic kʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰolh₃-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

colérico (Spanish): choleric

Definitions

  1. choleric

Ancestry of “colérico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcóleraanger; cholera
2Latincholeracholera
3Ancient Greekχολέραcholera, a disease in which the humors of the...
4Ancient Greekχολήgall, bile; gall bladder; bitterness, wrath,...
5Proto-Hellenickʰolā́gall, bile
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰolh₃-éh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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