Where does “mava” come from?
mava (Esperanto) comes from French mauvais, from Middle French maulvais, from Old French malvais, from Latin malifātius, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.
mava (Esperanto): bad, wrong
Definitions
- bad, wrong
Ancestry of “mava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mauvais | bad; wrong, incorrect |
| 2 | Middle French | maulvais | bad |
| 3 | Old French | malvais | bad, evil |
| 4 | Latin | malifātius | unfortunate |
| 5 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 6 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 7 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |