Where does “malastrugament” come from?
malastrugament (Catalan) comes from Catalan malastruc, from Catalan malastre, from Catalan mal-, from Catalan mal, from Old Catalan mal, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
malastrugament (Catalan): unfortunately
Definitions
- unfortunately
Ancestry of “malastrugament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | malastruc | jinxed |
| 2 | Catalan | malastre | misfortune, disaster |
| 3 | Catalan | mal- | poorly, badly |
| 4 | Catalan | mal | evil, bad; illness; badly, poorly |
| 5 | Old Catalan | mal | — |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |