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Where does “malico” come from?

malico (Esperanto) comes from Latin malitia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

malico (Esperanto): malice

Definitions

  1. malice

Ancestry of “malico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmalitiaa bad quality; badness, wicked; spite, malice; an...
2Latin-itia-ness, -ity
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “malico”

  • malica
  • malice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →