Where does “maligna” come from?
maligna (Polish) comes from Latin maligna, 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.
maligna (Polish): high fever with disturbance of consciousness and delirium
Definitions
- high fever with disturbance of consciousness and delirium
Ancestry of “maligna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | maligna | nominative feminine singular of malignus;... |
| 2 | Latin | malignus | wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign |
| 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 |