Where does “maleppeggio” come from?
maleppeggio (Italian) comes from Italian peggio, from Latin pēius, from Latin pēior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
maleppeggio (Italian): a hand tool similar to a pickaxe
Definitions
- a hand tool similar to a pickaxe
Ancestry of “maleppeggio”, step by step
maleppeggio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian peggio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | peggio | worse; worst; the worst thing, the worst part |
| 2 | Latin | pēius | — |
| 3 | Latin | pēior | worse |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |