Where does “malaventura” come from?

malaventura (Catalan) comes from Catalan aventura, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

malaventura (Catalan): misfortune

Definitions

misfortune

Ancestry of “malaventura”, step by step

malaventura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan aventura

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	aventura	adventure; affair
2	Vulgar Latin	adventura	—
3	Late Latin	adventurus	adventure; about to arrive; an adventure
4	Latin	adventus	arrival, approach, advent; Advent
5	Latin	adveniō	to come to, to arrive
6	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
8	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
9	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10	Proto-Italic	en	in
11	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Catalan mal

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	mal	evil, bad; illness; badly, poorly
2	Old Catalan	mal	—
3	Latin	malus	unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4	Ancient Greek	μηλέα	apple tree
5	Ancient Greek	μῆλον	apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6	Proto-Indo-European	(s)meh₁l-	small animal”; small animal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →