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mal-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- From Old French mal- from Latin male (“badly”), from malus (“bad”).

  1. derived from male — “badly”

Definitions

  1. bad, badly

    • malism, malinfluence

  2. unintentional, mistaken, accidental

    • malcommunication

  3. not

    • maladherence, malcontent

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mal-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA