Where does “malaparola” come from?
malaparola (Italian) comes from Italian parola, from French Parole, from Middle French parole, from Old French parole, from Vulgar Latin paraula, from Late Latin parabola, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή — horse.
malaparola (Italian): nasty comment; insult
Definitions
- nasty comment; insult
Ancestry of “malaparola”, step by step
malaparola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian parola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | parola | word; speech; instruction or truth |
| 2 | French | Parole | Word |
| 3 | Middle French | parole | word |
| 4 | Old French | parole | word; the right to speak |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | paraula | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | parabola | parable, speech; speech; A comparison,... |
| 7 | Latin | parabola | A comparison, illustration, likeness; An... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παραβολή | a placing of two things side by side,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παραβάλλω | to compare; to set side by side; I set side by... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 12 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 13 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 14 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
via Italian malo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | malo | bad, evil, wicked; unfit, incompetent, inadequate |
| 2 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |