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Where does “malhecho” come from?

malhecho (Spanish) comes 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.

malhecho (Spanish): malformed; deformed; misdeed

Definitions

  1. malformed; deformed; misdeed

Ancestry of “malhecho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmalApocopic form of malo bad; evil; amiss, awry,...
2Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέα—
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “malhecho”

  • malicho
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