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Latin
Etymology
From male (“badly, poorly”) + habitus (“had, kept”). Attested as early as Masurius Sabinus.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
male habitus (feminine male habita, neuter male habitum); indeclinable portion with a first/second-declension adjective
- (This entry is a descendant hub.) ill-kept, in poor condition, run down
Descendants
- Insular Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
References
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France – map 803: “je suis malade” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- “malat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- "malavi" in Dissionàri Piemonteis