Etymology

malformation

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Today it means: An abnormal formation. Full definition →

English formation ← Old French mal- ← Latin male
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The story

  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. Englishformation
  9. English todaymalformation

From mal- + formation.

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