Where does “nonmalarial” come from?
nonmalarial (English) comes from English malarial, from English malaria, from Italian malaria, from Italian mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
nonmalarial (English): Not malarial
Definitions
- Not malarial
Ancestry of “nonmalarial”, step by step
nonmalarial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English malarial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malarial | Of, relating to, or infected by malaria; A person... |
| 2 | English | malaria | A disease spread by mosquito, in which a... |
| 3 | Italian | malaria | malaria |
| 4 | Italian | mal- | bad; badly |
| 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 |