Where does “maladious” come from?
maladious (English) comes from English malady, from Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie, from Old French malade, from Latin male habitus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα — small animal”; small animal.
maladious (English): sickly
Ancestry of “maladious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | malady | Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a... |
| 2 | Middle English | maladie | A malady, disease, or illness; that which makes... |
| 3 | Old French | maladie | sickness; illness |
| 4 | Old French | malade | ill, unwell, sick |
| 5 | Latin | male habitus | having a sickness; ill-kept, not in good... |
| 6 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 7 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |