myEtymology.com: French etymology of colère

Etymology of the French word colère

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

The earliest known usage of colère in French dates from the 13th century.

English choler

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