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