The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπονηρός“grievous, knavish”
- English todayponerology
From Ancient Greek πονηρός (ponērós, “grievous, knavish”) + -ology; compare Ancient Greek πονηρολογίᾱ (ponērologíā, “bad reasoning”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.