Etymology

malevolence

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Today it means: Hostile attitude or feeling. Full definition →

Middle French malevolence ← Latin malevolentia
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  1. Latin · derived frommalevolentia“malevolence”
  2. Middle French · derived frommalevolence
  3. English todaymalevolence

From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).

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