malus
English
/ˈmeɪ.ləs/
noun
Definitions
- (business) The return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
- (rare) A penalty or negative thing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin malus (bad, evil, wicked).
Origin
Latin
malus
Gloss
bad, evil, wicked
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
悪
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- malafide English
- *malifātiu(s), *malifatius Latin
- *malifātius Latin
- augurium Latin
- bonus Latin
- malefacio Latin
- malignus Latin
- malitas Latin
- malitia Latin
- malitās, malitas, malitātem Latin
- malus Latin
- pessica Latin
- malo Italian
- malheur French
- mal Spanish, Castilian
- malo Spanish, Castilian
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- mal Old French
- mal Catalan, Valencian
- malo Galician
- малус Bulgarian
- mao Old Portuguese
- *malos Proto-Italic
- aguamala Asturian
- malu Asturian
- mal Old Occitan
- malvat Old Occitan
- mala Sicilian
- mali Sicilian
- malu Sicilian
- mal Dalmatian
- mul Dalmatian
- mau Bourguignon
- malu Sardinian
- mal Interlingua