Where does “malvat” come from?

malvat (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan malvatz, 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.

malvat (Catalan): evil, wicked, mean, bad

Definitions

  1. evil, wicked, mean, bad

Ancestry of “malvat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanmalvatzbad
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 bʰéh₂ti →Every word from Proto-Italic fāōr →Every word from Latin for →