maltroa.
too little, too few
Meaning & usage
too little, too few
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- Middle French mal- French mal-bor. Italian mal-bor. Esperanto mal- French tropbor. Italian troppobor. Esperanto tro Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -ader. ▲ Latin -a Italian -ader. ▲ Latin -a Old Spanish -a Spanish -ader. Esperanto -a Esperanto troa Esperanto maltroa From mal- (“opposite of”) + troa (“too much, too many”).
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