Where does “malaccolto” come from?

malaccolto (Italian) comes from Italian male, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

malaccolto (Italian): unwelcome

Definitions

  1. unwelcome

Ancestry of “malaccolto”, step by step

malaccolto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian male

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmalebadly, wrongly; evil, harm; pain, ache, illness,...
2Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
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

via Italian accolto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaccolto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα