malvatz
Old OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”). Compare Old French malvais.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
malvatz
- bad (not good)
DescendantsEdit
(many via the analogical form malvat)
- → Catalan: malvat
- → Italian: malvagio
- → Old Portuguese: malvaz
- → Old Spanish: malvazo, malvado
- → Piedmontese: malvas (medieval)
ReferencesEdit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 95