Where does “maligne” come from?

maligne (Old French) comes 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 “maligne”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	malignus	wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign
2	Latin	male	badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
3	Latin	malus	unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4	Ancient Greek	μηλέα	—
5	Ancient Greek	μῆλον	apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6	Proto-Indo-European	(s)meh₁l-	small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “maligne”

malign
maligner
malignly
malignment
unmalign
malignify

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →