Where does “malafable” come from?
malafable (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto malafabla, from Esperanto afabla, from French affable, from Latin affābilis, from Latin affor, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
malafable (Esperanto): unkindly
Ancestry of “malafable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | malafabla | surly, grumpy, ill-natured; unkind, rude; wicked |
| 2 | Esperanto | afabla | affable, good-natured; user-friendly |
| 3 | French | affable | affable, amicable, sociable |
| 4 | Latin | affābilis | — |
| 5 | Latin | affor | I speak to, address, accost, implore; I fix the... |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |