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
- Only used in a malincuore
Ancestry of “malincuore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | male | badly, wrongly; evil, harm; pain, ache, illness,... |
| 2 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 3 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |