This condition was thought to arise from an excess of black bile, the origin of its name
Answer Melancholy
Melancholy was thought to arise from too much black bile, one of the four humors, in your body. It turns out that black bile doesn't really have anything to do with it, but that's still where our origin for the word melancholy lies!
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