Where does “malade” come from?
malade (Middle French) comes from Old French malade, from Latin male habitus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
Ancestry of “malade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | malade | ill, unwell, sick |
| 2 | Latin | male habitus | having a sickness; ill-kept, not in good... |
| 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 |