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Where does “malade” come from?

malade (German) comes 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, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.

malade (German): ill, unwell, sick

Definitions

  1. ill, unwell, sick

Ancestry of “malade”, step by step

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

Words derived from “malade”

  • maladeskar
  • maladeso
  • maladeyo
  • maladeta
  • malada
  • maladesar
  • maladigar
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