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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

Definitions

  1. imperfect, faulty

Ancestry of “mendoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmendosusfull of faults; faulty, erroneous, incorrect;...
2Latinmendumfault, error, blunder; blemish, defect
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmend-physical defect, fault; to fault
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