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-.
maloliente (Spanish): smelly, foul-smelling
Ancestry of “maloliente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | oliente | smelling, smelly |
| 2 | Spanish | oler | to smell; to pry into, investigate; to smell out,... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | oler | — |
| 4 | Latin | oleō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | oleō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂oléye- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |