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