Where does “Malinda” come from?
Malinda is an English variant of Melissa, which derives from Ancient Greek μέλισσα meaning "bee," from μέλι meaning "honey," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to crush" or "honey."
Ancestry of “Malinda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mal- | denotes opposites |
| 2 | French | mal- | badly; wrongly; denotes the opposite of the... |
| 3 | Middle French | mal- | — |
| 4 | Old French | mal- | bad; badly |
| 5 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |