Where does “malavitoso” come from?
malavitoso (Italian) comes from Italian malavita, from Italian vita, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
malavitoso (Italian): underworld; criminal
Ancestry of “malavitoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | malavita | underworld, gangland; racketeers as a whole |
| 2 | Italian | vita | life; waist |
| 3 | Latin | vīta | — |
| 4 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |