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Where does “malora” come from?

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

malora (Italian): ruin

Definitions

  1. ruin

Ancestry of “malora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmalaunderworld, gangland
2Italianmalobad, evil, wicked; unfit, incompetent, inadequate
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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