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

malakito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian malachite

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

via German Malachit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMalachitmalachite
2Spanishmalaquitamalachite

Words derived from “malakito”

Every word from Ancient Greek μαλαχή →Every word from Latin molochitis →Every word from Middle French malachite →