Where does “malcautamente” come from?
malcautamente (Italian) comes from Italian malcauto, from Italian mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
malcautamente (Italian): rashly, unwarily, unwisely
Definitions
- rashly, unwarily, unwisely
Ancestry of “malcautamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | malcauto | rash, unwary, unwise |
| 2 | Italian | mal- | bad; badly |
| 3 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 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 |