myEtymology.com: French etymology of choléra

Etymology of the French word choléra

the French word choléra

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 choléra in French dates from the 16th century.

Danish kolera, Dutch cholera, English cholera, German Cholera, Icelandic kólera, Lithuanian cholera, Russian хoлepa, Spanish cólera, Swedish kolera