Etymology

malnourishment

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Today it means: malnutrition, undernourishment Full definition →

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

  1. Latinmale
  2. Old Frenchmal-
  3. Englishmal-
  4. Englishnourish
  5. English todaymalnourishment

From mal- + nourish + -ment.

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