Where does “semimalignant” come from?
semimalignant (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.
semimalignant (English): Not very malignant
Definitions
- Not very malignant
Ancestry of “semimalignant”, step by step
semimalignant 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 |