Where does “malforjat” come from?

malforjat (Catalan) comes from Catalan mal, from Old Catalan mal, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

malforjat (Catalan): scruffy, shabby, poorly-dressed of persons

Definitions

  1. scruffy, shabby, poorly-dressed of persons

Ancestry of “malforjat”, step by step

malforjat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmalevil, bad; illness; badly, poorly
2Old Catalanmal—
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Catalan forjat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanforjatforged, wrought
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μηλέα →