Where does “malpose” come from?
malpose (English) comes from English posé, from French posé, from French poser, from Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin pauso, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “malpose”, step by step
malpose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English posé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | posé | Standing still, with all the feet on the ground |
| 2 | French | posé | past participle of poser; placed, posed |
| 3 | French | poser | to stop carrying, to put down; to ask; to land |
| 4 | Old French | poser | to put; to place; to suggest; to propose; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pauso | to blin, cease, pause; I halt, cease, pause; I... |
| 6 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mal | illness, affliction; A longboard; Malleolus |
| 2 | French | mal | trouble, difficulty; pain; evil |
| 3 | Old French | mal | evilly; badly; poorly; evil |
| 4 | Latin | malleus | hammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |