melancolique

See also: mélancolique

Middle English

Adjective

melancolique

1. Alternative form of malencolik

Old French

Etymology

Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

Adjective

melancolique m (oblique and nominative feminine singular melancolique)

1. of or relating to black bile

Descendants

• Middle English: malencolik, melancolique, melancolik, melancolyk, malencolike, malancolike, malincolik, malencolyk
  • English: melancholic (remodelled after Greek)
• French: mélancolique
  • → Romanian: melancolic
  • → Turkish: melankolik