malvatz

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

malvat (analogical oblique, with subtraction of /s/)
malvas, malvais, mauvais

Etymology

From Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”). Compare Old French malvais.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /malˈvat͡s/

Adjective

malvatz

bad (not good)

Descendants

(many via the analogical form malvat)

→ Catalan: malvat
→ Italian: malvagio
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: malvaz
→ Old Spanish: malvazo, malvado
- Spanish: malvado
  - → Portuguese: malvado
→ Piedmontese: malvas (medieval)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 95

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