Where does “malignment” come from?
malignment (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.
malignment (English): The act of maligning something
Definitions
- The act of maligning something
Ancestry of “malignment”, step by step
malignment 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 |