Where does “malmetre” come from?
malmetre (Catalan) comes from Catalan metre, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
malmetre (Catalan): To spoil
Definitions
- To spoil
Ancestry of “malmetre”, step by step
malmetre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan metre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | metre | metre, meter; to put, to place; to set |
| 2 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Catalan mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | mal | evil, bad; illness; badly, poorly |
| 2 | Old Catalan | mal | — |
| 3 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |