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Where does “maligneté” come from?

maligneté (Middle French) comes from Latin malignitas, 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.

Ancestry of “maligneté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmalignitasspite, malice, malignity; stinginess,...
2Latinmalignuswicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign
3Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
4Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
5Ancient Greekμηλέα—
6Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
7Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “maligneté”

  • malignity
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