evil

English

/ˈiːvɪl/, /ˈivəl/

adj
Definitions
  • Intending to harm; malevolent.
  • Morally corrupt.
  • Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
  • Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
  • (obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
  • (computing) undesirable; harmful; bad practice

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English yvel (evilly) inherited from Old English yfel inherited from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂upélos, *upo (under, up from under, below, over).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*upo

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under, up from under, below, over

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