English
malvin
Malvin comes from Latin malva ‘mallow’.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English malvin
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalvaWiktionary, English malvin‘mallow’
- EnglishtodaymalvinWiktionary, English malvin
Formed from in
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Germanic *in
Proto-West Germanic *in
Old English in
Middle English in ‘inside’
English in
Linked words
through Latin malva ‘mallow’
Today it means
noun An anthocyanin, a diglucoside of malvidin, found in very many foods.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “malvin”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin malva / malvin