male habitus

Latin

Etymology

From male (“badly, poorly”) +‎ habitus (“had, kept”). Attested as early as Masurius Sabinus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.le ˈha.bi.tus/, [ˈmäɫ̪ɛ ˈhäbɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.le ˈa.bi.tus/, [ˈmäːle ˈäːbit̪us]

Adjective

male habitus (feminine male habita, neuter male habitum); indeclinable portion with a first/second-declension adjective

1. (This entry is a descendant hub.) ill-kept, in poor condition, run down

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Old Sardinian: malabitu, malavidu
    • Sardinian: malaidu, maladiu
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: maròtto, mòuto
  • Lombard: malad, malat
  • Piedmontese: malave, maravi
    • → Franco-Provençal: malâvio (Valdôtain)
    • → Vivaro-Alpine: malavi (Valadas)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: malaute, malalte
    • Catalan: malalt
  • Franco-Provençal: malâdo
  • Old French: malabde
    • French: malade
  • Old Occitan: malapte, malaute
    • Auvergnat: malaute
    • Gascon: malaut, malau
    • Languedocien: malaut, malaute
    • Limousin: malaude
    • Provençal: malau, marau
    • Vivaro-Alpine: malade, malate, marade
  • → Italian: malato
  • → Spanish: malato

References

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of 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