Where does “malinformado” come from?

malinformado (Spanish) comes from Spanish informado, from Spanish informar, from Latin īnfōrmō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

malinformado (Spanish): misinformed

Definitions

  1. misinformed

Ancestry of “malinformado”, step by step

malinformado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish informado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishinformadoinformed, aware of
2Spanishinformarto inform; to find out
3Latinīnfōrmōto form, mould, fashion, give shape to
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Spanish mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmalApocopic form of malo bad; evil; amiss, awry,...
2Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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