cacoethes

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκακοήθης“ill-disposed”
2. Latin · borrowed fromcacoēthes
3. English todaycacoethes

Borrowed from Latin cacoēthes, from Ancient Greek κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”) from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”).

Words from the same roots