Where does “nonmalaria” come from?
nonmalaria (English) comes from English malaria, from Italian malaria, from Italian 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.
nonmalaria (English): Not of or pertaining to malaria
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to malaria
Ancestry of “nonmalaria”, step by step
nonmalaria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English malaria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malaria | A disease spread by mosquito, in which a... |
| 2 | Italian | malaria | malaria |
| 3 | Italian | 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 |