Where does “malinterpretar” come from?

malinterpretar (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.

malinterpretar (Spanish): to misinterpret, to misunderstand, to misread, to...

Definitions

  1. to misinterpret, to misunderstand, to misread, to...

Ancestry of “malinterpretar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmal-bad; badly
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 (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα
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