malenconia
Catalan
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan melancolia, from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”). The metathesis of the vowels may be due to influence from mal (“bad”).
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Further reading
- “malenconia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “malenconia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “malenconia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “malenconia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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