Where does “mendoso” come from?
mendoso (Italian) comes from Latin mendosus, from Latin mendum, from Proto-Indo-European mend- — physical defect, fault; to fault.
mendoso (Italian): imperfect, faulty
Ancestry of “mendoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | mendosus | full of faults; faulty, erroneous, incorrect;... |
| 2 | Latin | mendum | fault, error, blunder; blemish, defect |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mend- | physical defect, fault; to fault |