Mal(e)

Morpheme

Mal(e)

Type

free base

Denotation

bad, poor, evil, ill, wrong

Etymology

Latin male and malus

Evidence

mal, mala, malabsorption, maladaptive, maladjusted, maladroit, malady, malaise, malapert, malapropos, malaria, malcirculation, malcontent, malediction, maleducation, malefactor, maleffect, malefic, maleficent, malevolence, malfeasance, malfunction, malicious, malign, malinfluence, malism, malnourished, malodorous, mals, malum, malus

Notes

mal and malus are doublets

Homographs

Male, Male, Male