Where does “maleficiar” come from?
maleficiar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese malefício, from Latin maleficium, from Latin maleficus, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
maleficiar (Portuguese): to harm, damage
Definitions
- to harm, damage
Ancestry of “maleficiar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | malefício | damage, harm a negative consequence |
| 2 | Latin | maleficium | crime, misdeed, offence, evil deed; injury, hurt,... |
| 3 | Latin | maleficus | wicked, vicious; criminal |
| 4 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 5 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |