Etymology

malposition

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Today it means: An abnormal position of an organ or other part of the body. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinmale
  2. Old Frenchmal-
  3. Englishmal-
  4. Englishposition
  5. English todaymalposition

From mal- + position.

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