Where does “peyorativo” come from?

peyorativo (Spanish) comes from French péjoratif, from Late Latin peioratus, from Latin pēior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

peyorativo (Spanish): pejorative

Definitions

  1. pejorative

Ancestry of “peyorativo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpéjoratifpejorative
2Late Latinpeioratus
3Latinpēiorworse
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

Words derived from “peyorativo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα
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