Where does “peiorem” come from?

peiorem (Latin) comes from Latin peior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

peiorem (Latin): first-person singular present active subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive...

Ancestry of “peiorem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpeiorworse
2Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
3Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
4Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
5Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “peiorem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μηλέα →