Where does “malavés” come from?
malavés (Spanish) comes from Spanish abés, from Old Spanish avez, from Latin ad vix, from Latin vix, from Proto-Italic wiks, from Proto-Indo-European weyk-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
malavés (Spanish): rarely not often
Definitions
- rarely not often
Ancestry of “malavés”, step by step
malavés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish abés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | abés | With difficulty |
| 2 | Old Spanish | avez | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad vix | barely |
| 4 | Latin | vix | with difficulty; scarcely, barely; hardly,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wiks | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyk- | to separate, to choose; to contain, to envelop;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Spanish mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mal | Apocopic form of malo bad; evil; amiss, awry,... |
| 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 |