Where does “premaligni” come from?
premaligni (Finnish) comes from Finnish maligni, from Latin malignus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
premaligni (Finnish): premalignant
Definitions
- premalignant
Ancestry of “premaligni”, step by step
premaligni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maligni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maligni | malignant |
| 2 | Latin | malignus | wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign |
| 3 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via Finnish pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pre | — |