英文词源
- malignant (adj.)
- 1560s, in reference to diseases, from Middle French malignant and directly from Late Latin malignantem (nominative malignans) "acting from malice," present participle of malignare "injure maliciously" (see malign (v.)). Earlier in the church malignant "followers of the antichrist," from Latin ecclesiam malignantum in early Church writing, applied by Protestant writers to the Church in Rome (1540s). As an adjective, Middle English used simple malign (early 14c.). Related: Malignantly.
中文词源
来自malign,恶性的，恶意的，-ant,形容词后缀。特别用于指恶性肿瘤。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：malignant 词源，malignant 含义。
来源于拉丁语动词malignare(恶意地做)的现在分词。
词根词缀： mali-坏,错误 + gn( = -gen-)生殖 + -ant动作倾向
