bilis
Meaning
- (declension-3) bile
- (declension-3, figuratively) anger, gall
Concepts
Galle
bilis
bile
gal
bile
bilis
χολή
safra
bilePronounced as (IPA)
[ˈbiː.lɪs]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *bistli-. De Vaan notes that the word is only found in Latin and Brythonic (Welsh bustl) and does not rule out a substrate borrowing for both; however, it could instead be a derivative of a preform *bid-tli-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split off, bite”), referring to the substance's bitterness. In the latter case, compare also Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”).
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