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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

  1. The property of not being malignant

Ancestry of “nonmalignancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmalignancyThe state of being malignant or diseased; A...
2EnglishmalignantHarmful, malevolent, injurious; Tending to...
3Middle Frenchmalignant—
4Late Latinmalignansmaligning
5LatinmalignoI malign; I act viciously; dative masculine...
6Latinmalignuswicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign
7Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
8Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
9Ancient Greekμηλέα—
10Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
11Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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