bile etymology

French word bile comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-, and later Latin bilis ((figuratively) anger, gall. Bile.)

Detailed word origin of bile

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
bilis Latin (lat) (figuratively) anger, gall. Bile.
bile French (fra) Bile.

Words with the same origin as bile

Descendants of *ǵʰelh₃-
biliaire biligenèse choléra cholérique colère coléreux colérique décolérer enfieller fiel lourd mélancolie poids lourd super-lourd