male habitus

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

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

Descendants

  • Insular Romance:
    • Old Sardinian: malabitu, malavidu
      • Sardinian: malaidu, maladiu
  • Italo-Romance:
  • 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
    • Franco-Provençal: malâdo
    • Old French: malabde
    • Old Occitan: malapte, malaute
      • Auvergnat: malaute
      • Gascon: malaut, malau
      • Languedocien: malaut, malaute
      • Limousin: malaude
      • Provençal: malau, marau
      • Vivaro-Alpine: malade, malate, marade

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
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “male habitus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 92
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