The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχολή“gall; bile”
- English todaycholecyst
From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall; bile”) + κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχολή all →
cholinecholiccholercholaemiacholangio-chole-cholecystischolic acidcholochrome
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.