Where does “malw” come from?

malw (Welsh) comes from English mallow, from Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, from Latin malva — mallow.

malw (Welsh): mallow, Malvaceae

Definitions

  1. mallow, Malvaceae

Ancestry of “malw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmallowAny of a group of flowering plants in several...
2Middle Englishmalwemallow plant of the family
3Old Englishmealwemallow
4Latinmalvamallow
Every word from Latin malva →Every word from Old English mealwe →Every word from Middle English malwe →
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