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Where does “malo” come from?

Malo is an English adjective formed from the combining form mal- meaning "bad" and lactic, ultimately from Latin lactis meaning "of milk."

malo (English): malolactic fermentation; A Hawaiian loincloth

Definitions

  1. malolactic fermentation; A Hawaiian loincloth

Ancestry of “malo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmalolacticDescribing a type of fermentation in which malic...
2EnglishlacticOf, relating to, or derived from milk; That...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “malo”

  • malo
  • malolactic
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