Where does “malodorously” come from?
malodorously (English) comes from English malodorous, from English mal-, from Old French mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
malodorously (English): With a bad smell
Definitions
- With a bad smell
Ancestry of “malodorously”, step by step
malodorously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English malodorous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malodorous | Having a bad odor; Highly improper |
| 2 | English | mal- | bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent -... |
| 3 | Old French | 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 |