Etymology

malintent

mal·in·tent
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Today it means: Malicious intent. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinmale
  2. Old Frenchmal-
  3. Englishmal-
  4. Englishintent
  5. English todaymalintent

From mal- + intent.

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