Where does “Mallet” come from?
Mallet comes from Old French mallet, a diminutive of mal meaning "hammer," from Latin malus meaning "hammer," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European melH₂-.
Mallet (English): A type of articulated locomotive, in which there...
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- A type of articulated locomotive, in which there...
Ancestry of “Mallet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mallet | A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head... |
| 2 | Old French | mallet | — |
| 3 | Old French | mal | evilly; badly; poorly; evil |
| 4 | Latin | malleus | hammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |