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malum.

apple; fruit; lemon; quince; evil, mischief; disaster, misfortune, calamity, plague; punishment; harm/hurt;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈma.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[ˈmaː.lum]

  1. evil, adversity, hardship, misfortune, calamity, disaster, mischief

    declension-2 · neuter

  2. punishment, harm, injury, torment, misery

    declension-2 · neuter

  3. disease, illness, infirmity

    declension-2 · neuter

  4. wrong-doing

    declension-2 · neuter

  5. bad words

    declension-2 · in-plural · neuter
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin malum From malus + -um.

intj[ˈma.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[ˈmaː.lum]

  1. damn!, fuck!, alas!, misery!

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin malum From malus + -um.

noun[ˈmaː.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[ˈmaː.lum]

  1. apple (fruit)

    declension-2

  2. any tree fruit with a fleshy exterior, e.g. quinces, pears, peaches, etc.

    declension-2

  3. the plant Aristolochia

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

Perhaps borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”). Alternatively but less likely from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂lom. The Proto-Indo-European form regularly gives both mālum in Latin and μῆλον in Ancient Greek, but such reconstruction is dubious due to the fact that it is only found in some Indo-European languages. It is more likely that the Greek word was borrowed from a pre-Indo-European substratum and later borrowed into Latin. See μῆλον for more details.

adj[ˈma.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[ˈmaː.lum]

  1. inflection of malus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · singular · vocative

  2. inflection of malus: accusative masculine singular

    accusative · form-of · masculine · singular
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin malum From malus + -um.

noun[ˈmaː.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[ˈmaː.lum]

  1. accusative singular of mālus (“apple tree”)

    accusative · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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