Etymology

badware

B3A1D2W4A1R1E1

Today it means: Malware. Full definition →

English softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru
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The story

  1. Englishbad
  2. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  3. Old Englishsōfte
  4. Middle Englishsofte
  5. Englishsoft
  6. Proto-Germanic*warō
  7. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  8. Old Englishwaru
  9. Middle Englishware
  10. Englishsoftwarebf.
  11. English todaybadware

From bad + -ware.

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