Where does “maligno” come from?
maligno (Portuguese) comes 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.
maligno (Portuguese): malign; malignant; evil; malignant
Definitions
- malign; malignant; evil; malignant
Ancestry of “maligno”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | maligno | — |
| 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 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
Words derived from “maligno”