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Where does “desmalezar” come from?

desmalezar (Spanish) comes from Spanish maleza, 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.

desmalezar (Spanish): to weed

Definitions

  1. to weed

Ancestry of “desmalezar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmalezaunderbrush; weed
2Latinmalitiaa bad quality; badness, wicked; spite, malice; an...
3Latin-itia-ness, -ity
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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