Category:The Malfoys

In Latin, malus means "bad," and mal means "pale." Mal foi means "bad faith, an act with bad intentions, or a malicious act" in French. Mal de foi means "loss of faith." The similar French phrase mal fait can be interpreted as "badly made" or "evil deeds." In Portuguese (J.K. Rowling taught English in Portugal for a few years), foi mal means "he/she/it was bad." In Arthurian legends, Lancelot (King Arthur's greatest knight and his betrayer) is sometimes called "Le Chevallier Mal Fait" (the mal fait knight). The English word "foy" means "a farewell feast, drink, or gift, as at a wedding."