Where does “malvais” come from?

malvais (Old French) comes from Latin malifātius, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

malvais (Old French): bad, evil

Definitions

  1. bad, evil

Ancestry of “malvais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmalifātiusunfortunate
2Latinfātumdestiny, fate, lot
3Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
4Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
5Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

Words derived from “malvais”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti →Every word from Proto-Italic fāōr →Every word from Latin for →