Etymology

maladjusted

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Today it means: Adjusted badly or wrongly. Full definition →

English adjusted ← Old French mal- ← Latin male
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maladjusted · verb1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

maladjusted · adjective2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)molos?
  3. Proto-Italic*malos
  4. Latinmalus
  5. Latinmale
  6. Old Frenchmal-
  7. Englishmal-
  8. Englishadjusted
  9. English todaymaladjusted

From mal- + adjusted.

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