Where does “maladye” come from?
maladye (Middle English) comes from Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie, from Old French malade, from Latin male habitus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
maladye (Middle English): Alternative form of maladie
Definitions
- Alternative form of maladie
Ancestry of “maladye”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | maladie | A malady, disease, or illness; that which makes... |
| 2 | Old French | maladie | sickness; illness |
| 3 | Old French | malade | ill, unwell, sick |
| 4 | Latin | male habitus | having a sickness; ill-kept, not in good... |
| 5 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |