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Where does “malintenzionato” come from?

malintenzionato (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.

malintenzionato (Italian): ill-intentioned, evil-minded; one who seeks to...

Definitions

  1. ill-intentioned, evil-minded; one who seeks to...

Ancestry of “malintenzionato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmalebadly, wrongly; evil, harm; pain, ache, illness,...
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

Words derived from “malintenzionato”

  • malintenzionatamente
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