Where does “balonmanista” come from?
balonmanista (Galician) comes from Galician balonmán, from Galician man, from Old Portuguese mão, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
balonmanista (Galician): handballer
Ancestry of “balonmanista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | balonmán | handball |
| 2 | Galician | man | hand; Synonym: figurative ownership; protection;... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | mão | hand |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |