Where does “maldisposto” come from?
maldisposto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese disposto, from Latin dispositus, from Latin dispono, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
maldisposto (Portuguese): ill-humored; indisposed
Definitions
- ill-humored; indisposed
Ancestry of “maldisposto”, step by step
maldisposto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese disposto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | disposto | willing; feeling all right; not indisposed; set... |
| 2 | Latin | dispositus | Perfect passive participle of dispōnō; dispositus... |
| 3 | Latin | dispono | I dispose, distribute or arrange |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Portuguese mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mal | badly; hardly; barely; wrong |
| 2 | Old Occitan | mal | bad |
| 3 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |