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Where does “malfare” come from?

malfare (Italian) comes from Latin malefacere, from Latin malefacio, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

malfare (Italian): To do wrong; To do something wrong or badly; to...

Definitions

  1. To do wrong; To do something wrong or badly; to...

Ancestry of “malfare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmalefacerepresent active infinitive of malefaciō
2LatinmalefacioI do evil or harm; I injure
3Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “malfare”

  • malfatto
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