Etymology Explorer › LatinWhere does “malignus” come from? malignus (Latin) comes from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
malignus (Latin): wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign
Definitions wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign Ancestry of “malignus”, step by step malignus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin male Step Language Word Meaning 1 Latin male badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly 2 Latin malus unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... 3 Ancient Greek μηλέα apple tree 4 Ancient Greek μῆλον apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast 5 Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- small animal”; small animal
via Latin genus Step Language Word Meaning 1 Latin genus birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... 2 Proto-Italic genos lineage, origin 3 Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os race, lineage 4 Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- to produce, to beget, to give birth
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