malvatz

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

1. 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