Where does “maligne” come from?
maligne (Middle English) comes from Old French maligne, from Latin malignus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
maligne (Middle English): evil, malicious, malign
Definitions
- evil, malicious, malign
Ancestry of “maligne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | maligne | — |
| 2 | Latin | malignus | wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign |
| 3 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |