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Where does “malgovernabile” come from?

malgovernabile (Italian) comes 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.

malgovernabile (Italian): ungovernable; uncontrollable, unruly

Definitions

  1. ungovernable; uncontrollable, unruly

Ancestry of “malgovernabile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmal-bad; badly
2Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέα—
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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