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Where does “malakito” come from?

malakito (Esperanto) comes from Italian malachite, from Middle French malachite, from Latin molochitis, from Ancient Greek μαλαχή — mallow plant.

malakito (Esperanto): malachite

Definitions

  1. malachite

Ancestry of “malakito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmalachitemalachite
2Middle Frenchmalachite—
3LatinmolochitisAn Arabian gem of the color of mallows, perhaps...
4Ancient Greekμαλαχήmallow plant
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