Where does “malignable” come from?
malignable (English) comes from English malign, from Middle English maligne, from Old French maligne, from Latin malignus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
malignable (English): Able to be maligned
Definitions
- Able to be maligned
Ancestry of “malignable”, step by step
malignable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English malign
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malign | Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent... |
| 2 | Middle English | maligne | evil, malicious, malign |
| 3 | Old French | maligne | — |
| 4 | Latin | malignus | wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign |
| 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 |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |