mal
Old French
adv
Definitions
- evilly
- badly; poorly
Etymology
Inherited from Latin male (badly, wrongly).
Origin
Latin
male
Gloss
badly, wrongly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mallory English
- mal English
- malafide English
- malus English
- *malifātiu(s), *malifatius Latin
- *malifātius Latin
- abolefacio Latin
- ad- Latin
- affecto Latin
- afficio Latin
- algificus Latin
- allicefacio Latin
- arefacio Latin
- assuefacio Latin
- astrifico Latin
- augurium Latin
- benefacio Latin
- bonus Latin
- calefacio Latin
- candefacio Latin
- candifico Latin
- certificatum Latin
- commonefacio Latin
- conficio Latin
- desuefacio Latin
- efficio Latin
- facesso Latin
- facilis Latin
- faciō Latin
- factio Latin
- facto Latin
- factor Latin
- inficio Latin
- interficio Latin
- madefacio Latin
- male Latin
- malefacio Latin
- maleficus Latin
- malignus Latin
- malitas Latin
- malitia Latin
- malitās, malitas, malitātem Latin
- malus Latin
- nubificus Latin
- officio Latin
- perficio Latin
- pessica Latin
- praeficio Latin
- proficio Latin
- putrefacio Latin
- reficio Latin
- satisfacio Latin
- sentifico Latin
- stupefacio Latin
- sufficio Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- verifico Latin
- mal- Italian
- male Italian
- malo Italian
- mal French
- mal à propos French
- malheur French
- malintentionné French
- malmener French
- malsain French
- malveillant French
- malvenu French
- malversation French
- maudire French
- maudit French
- mal Spanish, Castilian
- mal- Spanish, Castilian
- malo Spanish, Castilian
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- malplassert Norwegian Bokmål
- mal- Portuguese
- malplassert Norwegian Nynorsk
- malfesour Middle English
- facon Danish
- eur Old French
- gré Old French
- mal- Old French
- maleure Old French
- malgré Old French
- mautalant Old French
- mautalent Old French
- talant Old French
- mal Catalan, Valencian
- malo Galician
- mal Norman
- малус Bulgarian
- mal Middle French
- maltalent Middle French
- maugré Middle French
- mal Old Portuguese
- mao Old Portuguese
- fac Aromanian
- *malos Proto-Italic
- aguamala Asturian
- malu Asturian
- mâl Friulian
- mal Old Occitan
- malvat Old Occitan
- mala Sicilian
- mali Sicilian
- malu Sicilian
- malfesour xno
- mal Dalmatian
- mul Dalmatian
- malelve Mauritian Creole
- mau Bourguignon
- mali Sardinian
- malu Sardinian
- mal Interlingua
- malelve Seychellois Creole