Where does “maliție” come from?

maliție (Romanian) comes from French malice, from Old French malice, from Latin malitia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

maliție (Romanian): malice

Definitions

  1. malice

Ancestry of “maliție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmalicemischief; malice
2Old Frenchmalicemalice, evilness, evil intentions; malicious act
3Latinmalitiaa bad quality; badness, wicked; spite, malice; an...
4Latin-itia-ness, -ity
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iaEvery word from Latin -ius