Where does “malgastador” come from?

malgastador (Spanish) comes from Spanish malgastar, from Spanish mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

malgastador (Spanish): wasteful

Definitions

  1. wasteful

Ancestry of “malgastador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmalgastarto waste, to squander, to blow, to fritter away
2Spanishmal-bad; badly
3Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
4Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
5Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
6Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
7Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα