Where does “pseudomalignant” come from?
pseudomalignant (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.
pseudomalignant (English): Apparently malignant (clinically or histologically)
Definitions
- Apparently malignant (clinically or histologically)
Ancestry of “pseudomalignant”, step by step
pseudomalignant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English malignant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | apple tree |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via English pseudo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseudo | An intellectually pretentious person; a... |
| 2 | English | pseudo- | False, not genuine, fake |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψευδής | lying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -s | Derives nouns from roots |