Where does “peggiorismo” come from?

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

peggiorismo (Italian): the tendency of things to worsen (with every improvement)

Definitions

  1. the tendency of things to worsen (with every improvement)

Ancestry of “peggiorismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpeggioreworse; the worst
2Latinpēiorworse
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μηλέα →