Where does “malmequer” come from?
malmequer (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese me, from Portuguese mel, from Old Portuguese mel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.
malmequer (Portuguese): marigold any garden flower plant of the genus Calendula
Definitions
- marigold any garden flower plant of the genus Calendula
Ancestry of “malmequer”, step by step
malmequer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese me
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | me | me; myself |
| 2 | Portuguese | mel | honey |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | mel | honey |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *melem | — |
| 5 | Latin | mel | honey; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mélit | honey |
via Portuguese mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mal | badly; hardly; barely; wrong |
| 2 | Old Occitan | mal | bad |
| 3 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via Portuguese quer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | quer | whether … or |