Where does “malfadado” come from?
malfadado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mal-, from Latin male, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
malfadado (Portuguese): having a bad fate; ill-fated, disgraced, unlucky
Definitions
- having a bad fate; ill-fated, disgraced, unlucky
Ancestry of “malfadado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mal- | bad; badly; poorly; barely, hardly |
| 2 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 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 |