Where does “malaltís” come from?
malaltís (Catalan) comes from Catalan malalt, from Old Catalan malalte, from Latin male habitus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
malaltís (Catalan): sickly
Definitions
- sickly
Ancestry of “malaltís”, step by step
malaltís traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan malalt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | malalt | sick, ill |
| 2 | Old Catalan | malalte | — |
| 3 | Latin | male habitus | having a sickness; ill-kept, not in good... |
| 4 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 5 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |