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Where does “malignosamente” come from?

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

malignosamente (Italian): evilly, malignly

Definitions

  1. evilly, malignly

Ancestry of “malignosamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmalignosoevil, malign
2Italianmalignospiteful, malicious; evil, impish, wicked;...
3Latinmalignuswicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign
4Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
5Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
6Ancient Greekμηλέα—
7Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
8Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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