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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

  1. sickly

Ancestry of “malaltís”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmalaltsick, ill
2Old Catalanmalalte—
3Latinmale habitushaving a sickness; ill-kept, not in good...
4Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
5Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
6Ancient Greekμηλέα—
7Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
8Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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