Where does “maligna” come from?
maligna (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese maligno, from Old Portuguese maligno, 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 (Portuguese): feminine singular of maligno
Definitions
- feminine singular of maligno
Ancestry of “maligna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | maligno | malign; malignant; evil; malignant |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | maligno | — |
| 3 | Latin | malignus | wicked, malicious; spiteful; malignant, malign |
| 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 |