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
- first-person singular present active subjunctive...
Ancestry of “peiorem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | peior | worse |
| 2 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
Words derived from “peiorem”