choler
English
noun
Definitions
- Anger or irritability.
- One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coler (choler, yellow bile) derived from Old French colere (bile, anger) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰelh₃-
Gloss
shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
黄
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chloride English
- chloro- English
- collar English
- guilder English
- fel Latin
- fel, felle Latin
- glisco Latin
- zöld Hungarian
- geel Dutch, Flemish
- gouden Dutch, Flemish
- желтеть Russian
- желтуха Russian
- δαρεικός Ancient Greek
- ζέλκια Ancient Greek
- κάλαθος Ancient Greek
- χλωρός Ancient Greek
- χλόη Ancient Greek
- χολέρα Ancient Greek
- χολέρᾰ Ancient Greek
- χολή Ancient Greek
- χόλος Ancient Greek
- ἀρσενικόν Ancient Greek
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃-, *ǵʰelh₃-os- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰlh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃-en-yo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃tom Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰĺ̥tom Proto-Indo-European
- gulne Norwegian Bokmål
- *gelwaz Proto-Germanic
- *glōdiz Proto-Germanic
- *gulaz Proto-Germanic
- *gulþą Proto-Germanic
- *gulþīnaz Proto-Germanic
- złotawy Polish
- złoty Polish
- gulna Norwegian Nynorsk
- gulne Norwegian Nynorsk
- ġeolwian Old English
- coler Middle English
- colerik Middle English
- gilder Middle English
- gulr Old Norse
- gylden Danish
- *zelenъ Proto-Slavic
- *zelьje Proto-Slavic
- *zolto Proto-Slavic
- *zoltъ Proto-Slavic
- *žьltъ Proto-Slavic
- coler Old French
- colere Old French
- لاجورد Persian
- gold Old High German
- glanaid Old Irish
- giallee Manx
- güldīn Middle High German
- giel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *gello- Proto-Celtic
- *glanos Proto-Celtic
- *glastos Proto-Celtic
- glibberich Middle Low German
- gülden Middle Low German
- *ȷ́ʰárHiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gowd Scots
- yella Scots
- žalias Lithuanian
- coilér Middle Irish
- geel German Low German
- coler xno
- *gilˀtas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gilˀtos Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ܙܪܢܝܟܐ Classical Syriac
- gułd Vilamovian
- *gilˀtos bat-pro
- *želtas bat-pro
- *zarn Parthian