Where does “piorar” come from?
piorar (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin peiorare, from Latin peiorem, from Latin peior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
piorar (Portuguese): to worsen
Ancestry of “piorar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | peiorare | present active infinitive of peiōrō;... |
| 2 | Latin | peiorem | first-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 3 | Latin | peior | worse |
| 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 |