myEtymology.com: English etymology of choler

Etymology of the English word choler

the English word choler

derived from the French word colère

derived from the Latin word cholera (European, summer cholera; an attack of cholera)

derived from the Greek word cholera, χολέρα

derived from the Greek word chole, χολή (bile; 'gall' or bile; (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghel-

derived from the Greek word fig

derived from the Old French word colere

derived from the Latin word cholera (European, summer cholera; an attack of cholera)

derived from the Greek word cholera, χολέρα

derived from the Greek word chole, χολή (bile; 'gall' or bile; (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghel-

derived from the Greek word fig

derived from the Old French word colre

derived from the Latin word cholera (European, summer cholera; an attack of cholera)

derived from the Greek word cholera, χολέρα

derived from the Greek word chole, χολή (bile; 'gall' or bile; (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghel-

derived from the Greek word fig

The earliest known usage of choler in English dates from the 14th century.

Dutch collector, Dutch kolder, English collar, English collector, French collecteur, French collier, French colère, German Kollektor, Italian collare, Italian collera, Norwegian kollektor, Provençal colera, Spanish colector, Spanish collar, Spanish colera, Swedish kollektor, Swedish koller

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