Where does “Mara” come from?

Mara (Romanian) comes from Latin Mela, from Latin melum, from Latin mālum, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

Mara (Romanian): apple

Definitions

  1. apple

Ancestry of “Mara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMelaA Roman masculine
2Latinmelumapple
3Latinmālumevil, adversity, hardship, misfortune, calamity, disaster, mischief
4Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
5Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “Mara”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Latin mālum →