Where does “malŝati” come from?

malŝati (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto malsata, from Esperanto mal-, from French mal-, from Middle French mal-, from Old French mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα — small animal”; small animal.

malŝati (Esperanto): to dislike

Definitions

  1. to dislike

Ancestry of “malŝati”, step by step

malŝati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto malsata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomalsatahungry; unsatisfied
2Esperantomal-denotes opposites
3Frenchmal-badly; wrongly; denotes the opposite of the...
4Middle Frenchmal-
5Old Frenchmal-bad; badly
6Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
7Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
8Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
9Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
10Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Esperanto ŝati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoŝatito like, appreciate
2Germansattnot hungry, satiated; not willing to eat more...
3Middle High Germansat
4Old High Germansātfull, sated
5Proto-West Germanic*sād
6Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα
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