Where does “MALToma” come from?

MALToma (English) comes from English MALT, from Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic maltą, from Proto-Indo-European meld-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

MALToma (English): MALT lymphoma

Definitions

  1. MALT lymphoma

Ancestry of “MALToma”, step by step

MALToma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English MALT

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMALTInitialism of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
2Middle Englishmaltmalt malted grain
3Old Englishmealtmalt
4Proto-West Germanic*maltmalt
5Proto-Germanicmaltąmalt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeld-to beat, crush, grind
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via English oma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishomagrandmother, grandma
2Tibetanའོ་མmilk
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →