malvatz
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Old Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”). Compare Old French malvais.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
malvatz
- bad (not good)
Descendants[edit]
(many via the analogical form malvat)
- → Catalan: malvat
- → Italian: malvagio
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: malvaz
- → Old Spanish: malvazo, malvado
- → Piedmontese: malvas (medieval)
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 95