Where does “maltalent” come from?

maltalent (Middle English) comes from Middle French maltalent, from Old French mautalant, from Old French mal, from Latin malleus, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-no-, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

maltalent (Middle English): ill will, malice, anger

Definitions

  1. ill will, malice, anger

Ancestry of “maltalent”, step by step

maltalent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French maltalent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmaltalentevil intention
2Old Frenchmautalantevil intention
3Old Frenchmalevilly; badly; poorly; evil
4Latinmalleushammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-no-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Anglo-Norman maltalent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmaltalent—

Words derived from “maltalent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →