Where does “malarious” come from?
Malarious derives from English malaria, from Italian malaria combining male (bad) and aria (air), from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, air), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éyos (air or mist).
malarious (English): With malaria; where people may catch malaria;...
Definitions
- With malaria; where people may catch malaria;...
Ancestry of “malarious”, step by step
malarious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English malaria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malaria | A disease spread by mosquito, in which a... |
| 2 | Italian | malaria | malaria |
| 3 | Italian | mal- | bad; badly |
| 4 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 5 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |