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How does the meaning of melano- suggest the meaning of the word melancholy?

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∙ 12y ago
Updated: 9/23/2023

"Melancholia" is a word for a substance called black bile, which was supposed to make you depressed. The "melan" part of melancholia is the "black" part of black bile.

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