malvatz

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

malvat
malvais, malvas, mauvais

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *malifātius, from Latin malum + fatum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French malvais.

Adjective

malvatz

bad (not good)

Descendants

Catalan: malvat
Italian: malvagio (borrowing)

References

von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 61, page 95

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