Where does “nonmalignancy” come from?
nonmalignancy (English) comes from English malignancy, from English malignant, from Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans, from Latin maligno, from Latin malignus, from Latin male, from Latin malus — small animal”; small animal.
nonmalignancy (English): The property of not being malignant
Definitions
- The property of not being malignant
Ancestry of “nonmalignancy”, step by step
nonmalignancy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English malignancy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malignancy | The state of being malignant or diseased; A... |
| 2 | English | malignant | Harmful, malevolent, injurious; Tending to... |
| 3 | Middle French | malignant | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | malignans | maligning |
| 5 | Latin | maligno | I malign; I act viciously; dative masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | malignus | wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign |
| 7 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 8 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |