Where does “malsupreniri” come from?
malsupreniri (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto malsupren, from Esperanto malsupre, from Esperanto mal-, from French mal-, from Middle French mal-, from Old French mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus — small animal”; small animal.
malsupreniri (Esperanto): to go down, descend, get off
Definitions
- to go down, descend, get off
Ancestry of “malsupreniri”, step by step
malsupreniri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto malsupren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | malsupren | down, downwards |
| 2 | Esperanto | malsupre | below, underneath, downstairs |
| 3 | Esperanto | mal- | denotes opposites |
| 4 | French | mal- | badly; wrongly; denotes the opposite of the... |
| 5 | Middle French | mal- | — |
| 6 | Old French | mal- | bad; badly |
| 7 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 8 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |