choler

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχολή“bile”
2. Latin · derived fromcholera“bilious disease”
3. Old French · derived fromcolere“bile, anger”
4. Middle English · inherited fromcoler“yellow bile”
5. English todaycholer

From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera.

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