Where does “malversador” come from?

malversador (Spanish) comes from Spanish malversar, 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.

malversador (Spanish): embezzler, grafter, peculator

Definitions

  1. embezzler, grafter, peculator

Ancestry of “malversador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmalversarto embezzle
2Spanishmal-bad; badly
3Latinmalebadly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
4Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
5Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
6Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
7Proto-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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