Where does “malaguanyat” come from?

malaguanyat (Catalan) comes from Catalan mal, from Old Catalan mal, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

malaguanyat (Catalan): wasted, unsuccessful

Definitions

  1. wasted, unsuccessful

Ancestry of “malaguanyat”, step by step

malaguanyat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmalevil, bad; illness; badly, poorly
2Old Catalanmal
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Catalan guanyat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanguanyat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα
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