Where does “maloliente” come from?

maloliente (Spanish) comes from Spanish oliente, from Spanish oler, from Old Spanish oler, from Latin oleō, from Proto-Italic oleō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

maloliente (Spanish): smelly, foul-smelling

Definitions

  1. smelly, foul-smelling

Ancestry of “maloliente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanisholientesmelling, smelly
2Spanisholerto smell; to pry into, investigate; to smell out,...
3Old Spanisholer—
4Latinoleō—
5Proto-Italicoleōto stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oléye-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye- →Every word from Proto-Italic oleō →