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pravus.

crooked, deformed

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈpraː.wʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈpraː.vus]
  1. crooked, deformed

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  2. depraved, perverse, wicked

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  3. vicious, wrong, bad, improper

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *prāwos (whence also Faliscan 𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔 (prauios, praenomen)). Further etymology unknown. Pokorny's derivation from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-wo-s, from *preh₂- (“to bend”), whence also prātum, is nowadays rejected.

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