Where does “malposto” come from?
malposto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese posto, from Latin postus, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.
malposto (Portuguese): with poor presentation, unpleasant appearance
Definitions
- with poor presentation, unpleasant appearance
Ancestry of “malposto”, step by step
malposto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese posto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | posto | position, job; station, post; place |
| 2 | Latin | postus | — |
| 3 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 4 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
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 |