Where does “mauviette” come from?
mauviette (French) comes from French mauvis, from Old French mauvis, from Latin malum, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
mauviette (French): Eurasian skylark; wimp, candy-ass
Definitions
- Eurasian skylark; wimp, candy-ass
Ancestry of “mauviette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mauvis | redwing |
| 2 | Old French | mauvis | thrush |
| 3 | Latin | malum | inflection of malus:
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| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |