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malusEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗malusEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Latin mālus and translingual Malus.
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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitization010
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resolvedestablishedposition text
Does male come from mal-, bad?
No. Male comes through French from Latin masculus and mās; mal- comes from a different Latin family headed by malus, bad.
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Male is not mal-, bad.
Male descends through Anglo-French masle from Latin masculus and mās; the bad prefix mal- belongs to Latin malus.
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