malvatz
Old Occitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”). Compare Old French malvais.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmalvatz
- 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, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 95