Where does “antimalarially” come from?
antimalarially (English) comes from English antimalarial, from English malarial, from English malaria, from Italian malaria, from Italian mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα — small animal”; small animal.
antimalarially (English): In an antimalarial way
Definitions
- In an antimalarial way
Ancestry of “antimalarially”, step by step
antimalarially traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antimalarial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antimalarial | An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria;... |
| 2 | English | malarial | Of, relating to, or infected by malaria; A person... |
| 3 | English | malaria | A disease spread by mosquito, in which a... |
| 4 | Italian | malaria | malaria |
| 5 | Italian | mal- | bad; badly |
| 6 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 7 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |