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Where does “maladivement” come from?

maladivement (French) comes from French maladif, from French malade, from Middle French malade, from Old French malade, from Latin male habitus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα — small animal”; small animal.

maladivement (French): sickly; pathologically

Definitions

  1. sickly; pathologically

Ancestry of “maladivement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaladifsickly; poorly; pathological
2Frenchmaladeill, unwell, sick; Mentally disturbed; crazy;...
3Middle Frenchmalade—
4Old Frenchmaladeill, unwell, sick
5Latinmale habitushaving a sickness; ill-kept, not in good...
6Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
7Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
8Ancient Greekμηλέα—
9Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
10Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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