Etymograph

English

mala

Mala comes from Latin māla ‘the cheekbone, jaw’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *smeḱ- ‘beard’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeḱ-‘beard’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smakslāreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmāla‘the cheekbone, jaw’
  4. Englishtodaymala

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeḱ-‘beard’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smakslāreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmāla‘the cheekbone, jaw’
  4. Englishtodaymala

Linked words

through Latin māla ‘the cheekbone, jaw’

maxillary, maxilla, 4 more

Another origin of mala

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमालाmālā‘wreath, garland, crown’
  2. Englishtodaymala

Another origin of mala

  1. Pitjantjatjaramodernmala
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of mala

  1. Mandarinmodern麻má
  2. Mandarin, derivedmodern辣là
  3. Mandarin, derivedmodern麻辣málà
  4. Englishtodaymala

Today it means

noun A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smeḱ- / mala

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