Where does “mal” come from?

mal (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese mal, from Old Occitan mal, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

mal (Guinea-Bissau Creole): bad

Definitions

  1. bad

Ancestry of “mal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemalbadly; hardly; barely; wrong
2Old Occitanmalbad
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μηλέα →