Where does “move” come from?
move (Haitian Creole) 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.
move (Haitian Creole): bad
Definitions
- bad
Ancestry of “move”, 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 |