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Where does “Málaga” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Málaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMálaga—
2Arabicمَالَقَة—
3LatinMalacaMálaga
4Esperantomal-denotes opposites
5Frenchmal-badly; wrongly; denotes the opposite of the...
6Middle Frenchmal-—
7Old Frenchmal-bad; badly
8Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
9Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
10Ancient Greekμηλέα—
11Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
12Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “Málaga”

  • Malagan
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