Where does “empeorar” come from?
empeorar (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin impeiorare, 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.
empeorar (Spanish): to worsen, to make worse, to exacerbate; to get...
Definitions
- to worsen, to make worse, to exacerbate; to get...
Ancestry of “empeorar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | impeiorare | — |
| 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 | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |