Where does “malsano” come from?

malsano (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.

malsano (Spanish): unhealthy

Definitions

  1. unhealthy

Ancestry of “malsano”, step by step

malsano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Spanish sano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsanohealthy, sound; earnest; pure
2Latinsānussound in body, healthy, whole, well
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswā-n-healthy; whole; active; vigorous
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-