Where does “plimalbonigi” come from?

plimalbonigi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto malbona, 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.

plimalbonigi (Esperanto): to make worse, aggravate

Definitions

  1. to make worse, aggravate

Ancestry of “plimalbonigi”, step by step

plimalbonigi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto malbona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomalbonabad
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 pli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoplimore
2Frenchplusmore, -er; more; the most, -est
3Old Frenchplusmore than
4Latinplūsmore; more of
5Old Latinplous
6Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα
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