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Where does “malaffare” come from?

malaffare (Italian) comes from Italian affare, from Italian fare, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

malaffare (Italian): ill repute; ill fame

Definitions

  1. ill repute; ill fame

Ancestry of “malaffare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffareaffair, matter; deal, bargain; thing
2Italianfareto do; to make; to provoke
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →