Where does “malincuore” come from?

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

malincuore (Italian): Only used in a malincuore

Definitions

  1. Only used in a malincuore

Ancestry of “malincuore”, step by step

malincuore traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian male

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmalebadly, wrongly; evil, harm; pain, ache, illness,...
2Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Italian cuore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancuoreheart; breast, bosom
2Vulgar Latin*corem
3Latincorheart; soul, mind
4Proto-Italickordheart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Italian in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinin; to; into
2Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα