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Where does “مالقة” come from?

مالقة (Arabic) comes from Arabic مَالَقَة, from Latin Malaca, from Esperanto mal-, from French mal-, from Middle French mal-, from Old French mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus — small animal”; small animal.

Ancestry of “مالقة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَالَقَة—
2LatinMalacaMálaga
3Esperantomal-denotes opposites
4Frenchmal-badly; wrongly; denotes the opposite of the...
5Middle Frenchmal-—
6Old Frenchmal-bad; badly
7Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
8Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
9Ancient Greekμηλέα—
10Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
11Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “مالقة”

  • Málaga
  • Malagan
  • malaguista
  • Málaga
  • Málaga
  • Malaga
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