Where does “mauvois” come from?

mauvois (Bourguignon) comes from Old French malvais, from Latin malifātius, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

mauvois (Bourguignon): bad

Definitions

  1. bad

Ancestry of “mauvois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmalvaisbad, evil
2Latinmalifātiusunfortunate
3Latinfātumdestiny, fate, lot
4Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
5Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
6Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂tiEvery word from Proto-Italic fāōrEvery word from Latin for