Where does “mauvis” come from?

mauvis (French) comes from Old French mauvis, from Latin malum, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

mauvis (French): redwing

Definitions

  1. redwing

Ancestry of “mauvis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmauvisthrush
2Latinmaluminflection of malus: ##...
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “mauvis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα