Where does “malha” come from?
malha (Portuguese) comes from French maille, from Late Latin medalia, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
malha (Portuguese): mail, chainmail; mesh; network
Definitions
- mail, chainmail; mesh; network
Ancestry of “malha”, step by step
malha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French maille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | maille | stitch; mesh, the gap between threads in cloth... |
| 2 | Late Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 3 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 4 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 5 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Portuguese malhar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | malhar | to hammer; to thresh; to beat up |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ar | forms the impersonal infinitive of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ar | — |
| 4 | Latin | -are | present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |