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Where does “malfeito” come from?

malfeito (Portuguese) comes from Latin malefactus, from Proto-Italic maledfaktos.

malfeito (Portuguese): badly made; of low quality; crude; rough;...

Definitions

  1. badly made; of low quality; crude; rough;...

Ancestry of “malfeito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmalefactusharmed
2Proto-Italicmaledfaktos—
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