Where does “vindictivolence” come from?
vindictivolence (English) comes from English malevolence, from Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia, from Latin malevolēns, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
vindictivolence (English): The desire of revenging oneself or of taking vengeance
Definitions
- The desire of revenging oneself or of taking vengeance
Ancestry of “vindictivolence”, step by step
vindictivolence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English malevolence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malevolence | Hostile attitude or feeling; Behavior exhibiting... |
| 2 | Middle French | malevolence | — |
| 3 | Latin | malevolentia | malevolence, hatred, dislike, envy |
| 4 | Latin | malevolēns | spiteful, malevolent |
| 5 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via English vindicta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vindicta | — |