Etymology

cacodemonic

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Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκακοδαίμων“ill-starred”
  2. English todaycacodemonic

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”).

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