Where does “Malheur” come from?
Malheur (German) comes from French malheur, from French heur, from Old French eür, from Latin augurium, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-.
Malheur (German): mishap
Definitions
- mishap
Ancestry of “Malheur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | malheur | sadness, unhappiness; misfortune |
| 2 | French | heur | chance; fortune |
| 3 | Old French | eür | Alternative form of eur |
| 4 | Latin | augurium | augury; divination, prediction; omen, portent |
| 5 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 6 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |