英文词源
- mal-
- word-forming element meaning "bad, badly, ill, poorly, wrong, wrongly," from French mal (adv.), from Old French mal (adj., adv.) "evil, ill, wrong, wrongly" (9c.), from Latin male (adv.) "badly," or malus (adj.) "bad, evil" (fem. mala, neuter malum), of unknown origin, perhaps related to Avestan mairiia "treacherous." Most Modern English words with this prefix are 19c. coinages.
中文词源
来自拉丁语。见malfunction, malnutrition.
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mal-:坏的,不良的,错误的
来自拉丁语male,malus,坏的,邪恶的,罪恶的,可能来自PIE*smal,小的,低等的,劣质的,词源同small.