Where does “malvestido” come from?
malvestido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese vestido, from Old Portuguese vestido, from Latin vestītus, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
malvestido (Portuguese): poorly dressed
Definitions
- poorly dressed
Ancestry of “malvestido”, step by step
malvestido traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese vestido
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | vestido | dressed; clothed; dress; garment |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | vestido | — |
| 3 | Latin | vestītus | clothed, clad, dressed, having been clothed |
| 4 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
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 |