Where does “nonmalignant” come from?
nonmalignant (English) comes from English malignant, from Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans, from Latin maligno, from Latin malignus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα — small animal”; small animal.
nonmalignant (English): Not malignant, without malice; Of a growth in the...
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- Not malignant, without malice; Of a growth in the...
Ancestry of “nonmalignant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | malignant | Harmful, malevolent, injurious; Tending to... |
| 2 | Middle French | malignant | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | malignans | maligning |
| 4 | Latin | maligno | I malign; I act viciously; dative masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | malignus | wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign |
| 6 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 7 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |