The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχολή“bile”
- English todaycholic acid
Mid 19th century, from Greek kholikos, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχολή all →
cholinecholiccholercholaemiacholangio-chole-cholecystcholecystischolochrome
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.