malus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad
- unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch
- bad, evil, wicked, mischievous
- destructive, hurtful, noxious, evil
- unkind, hostile, abusive
- associated with bad luck, unlucky, unfavourable, unfortunate, adverse, evil
- poor in condition or capacity, inept
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *malos derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late), *(s)mal-, *mel- (soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mel-
Gloss
soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
🍦 🔈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Malheur County English
- Mallory English
- Philomela English
- Smallville English
- besmall English
- bonus English
- malafide English
- malus English
- mela- English
- mollification English
- mulierose English
- nonsmall English
- oversmall English
- small English
- small-scale English
- smallage English
- smallball English
- smallcapped English
- smallclothes English
- smallcoat English
- smallcraft English
- smallen English
- smallfolk English
- smallgood English
- smallgoods English
- smallie English
- smallish English
- smallmouth English
- smallness English
- smallpox English
- smallsat English
- smallsome English
- smallsword English
- smalltime English
- smalltown English
- smallware English
- smally English
- supersmall English
- ultrasmall English
- malignisoitua Finnish
- malignistua Finnish
- malignoitua Finnish
- *malifātiu(s), *malifatius Latin
- *malifātius Latin
- Melania Latin
- Philomela Latin
- augurium Latin
- bene Latin
- blasphemus Latin
- blasphēmus Latin
- bonitas Latin
- bonus Latin
- duonus Latin
- emolliēns Latin
- faciō Latin
- genus Latin
- male Latin
- male habitus Latin
- malefacio Latin
- malignus Latin
- malitas Latin
- malitia Latin
- malitiosus Latin
- malitās, malitas, malitātem Latin
- malum Latin
- melanogaster Latin
- melanoleucus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- melanothorax Latin
- mollis Latin
- molluscus Latin
- muliebris Latin
- mulier Latin
- muliēbris Latin
- perbonus Latin
- pessica Latin
- philomela Latin
- Malheur German
- Malör German
- Bonoso Italian
- a malapena Italian
- augurio Italian
- bonus Italian
- buono Italian
- malamente Italian
- maligno Italian
- malizia Italian
- malo Italian
- malocchio Italian
- melano- Italian
- bonus Dutch, Flemish
- bonus-malus Dutch, Flemish
- Malin French
- Mélanésie French
- augure French
- bon French
- bonbon French
- heur French
- mal French
- malheur French
- бонус Russian
- abonar Spanish, Castilian
- agüero Spanish, Castilian
- augurio Spanish, Castilian
- bonina Spanish, Castilian
- bonito Spanish, Castilian
- buen Spanish, Castilian
- buenas Spanish, Castilian
- bueno Spanish, Castilian
- mal Spanish, Castilian
- malamente Spanish, Castilian
- malazo Spanish, Castilian
- maldad Spanish, Castilian
- malestar Spanish, Castilian
- maleza Spanish, Castilian
- malicia Spanish, Castilian
- maligno Spanish, Castilian
- malinformado Spanish, Castilian
- malo Spanish, Castilian
- malparido Spanish, Castilian
- malpaís Spanish, Castilian
- malvado Spanish, Castilian
- requetemalo Spanish, Castilian
- Θρασύμηλος Ancient Greek
- βλάσφημος Ancient Greek
- βλασφημέω Ancient Greek
- βλεννός Ancient Greek
- μάλα Ancient Greek
- μέλας Ancient Greek
- μέλος Ancient Greek
- μήλινος Ancient Greek
- μήλωθρον Ancient Greek
- μαλθακός Ancient Greek
- μελάγχλαινος Ancient Greek
- μελάνθιον Ancient Greek
- μελάνουρος Ancient Greek
- μελαγκρανίς Ancient Greek
- μελαγκόρυφος Ancient Greek
- μελαινάς Ancient Greek
- μηλάτης Ancient Greek
- μηλοκυδώνιον Ancient Greek
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- μηλοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- μᾶλλον Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- χαμαίμηλον Ancient Greek
- ἁμαμηλίς Ancient Greek
- *(h₂)moldus Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)mal- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)mēlo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- malign Norwegian Bokmål
- melanom Norwegian Bokmål
- abonar Portuguese
- augúrio Portuguese
- maldade Portuguese
- malícia Portuguese
- marmelo Portuguese
- mau Portuguese
- *mailą Proto-Germanic
- *smalaz Proto-Germanic
- malign Norwegian Nynorsk
- smal Middle English
- *malъ Proto-Slavic
- *moľь Proto-Slavic
- malér Czech
- augurie Old French
- bon Old French
- eur, eür Old French
- mal Old French
- malgré Old French
- malice Old French
- maligne Old French
- malvais Old French
- mautalant Old French
- mautalent Old French
- bona Esperanto
- malico Esperanto
- auguri Catalan, Valencian
- averany Catalan, Valencian
- mal Catalan, Valencian
- malament Catalan, Valencian
- maldecap Catalan, Valencian
- malestar Catalan, Valencian
- maligne Catalan, Valencian
- malveure Catalan, Valencian
- malícia Catalan, Valencian
- malo Galician
- mao Galician
- bun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- melc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μήλο Greek (modern)
- melanotis Translingual
- bona Ido
- mal Norman
- бонус Bulgarian
- малус Bulgarian
- abonsina Albanian
- mal Middle French
- maling Middle French
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- agoiro Old Portuguese
- agoyro Old Portuguese
- bõo Old Portuguese
- maligno Old Portuguese
- mao Old Portuguese
- *malnos Proto-Celtic
- *meldo Proto-Celtic
- *mello- Proto-Celtic
- 司冒而 Chinese
- малер Macedonian
- bun Aromanian
- abonaçar Occitan
- abonir Occitan
- auguri Occitan
- *dwenos Proto-Italic
- *malos Proto-Italic
- agua Asturian
- aguamala Asturian
- bonu Asturian
- mala Asturian
- malu Asturian
- bon Friulian
- melas Lithuanian
- bon Old Occitan
- mal Old Occitan
- malvais Old Occitan
- malvat Old Occitan
- malvatz Old Occitan
- bonu Sicilian
- mala Sicilian
- malanova Sicilian
- malantisa Sicilian
- mali Sicilian
- malignu Sicilian
- malocchiu Sicilian
- malu Sicilian
- malusangu Sicilian
- bon Venetian
- smalik Volapük
- malu Papiamentu
- smolhaus Tok Pisin
- malfesour xno
- agur Basque
- bun Ligurian
- מלפפון Aramaic
- bun Dalmatian
- buna Dalmatian
- mal Dalmatian
- mul Dalmatian
- bueno Ladino
- בואינו Ladino
- bonussi Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- bon Bourguignon
- mau Bourguignon
- persik Old Danish
- bon Ladin
- malu Sardinian
- *mləspʰāmos Proto-Hellenic
- duenos Old Latin
- duonus Old Latin
- mölojti̱c Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- mal Interlingua
- buono Mirandese
- bon Franco-Provençal
- malo Chavacano
- *mel(n)- bat-pro
- bur Istro-Romanian
- male
- bene
- faciō
- malum
- bonus
- genus
- duonus
- mulier
- mollis
- pessica
- Melania
- malitās
- bonitas
- malitas
- malitia
- malitas
- perbonus
- augurium
- malignus
- emolliēns
- philomela
- molluscus
- muliebris
- malefacio
- muliēbris
- Philomela
- malitātem
- blasphemus
- blasphēmus
- malitiosus
- *malifātius
- melanogaster
- *malifatius
- melanopterus
- melanothorax
- melanoleucus
- male habitus
- *malifātiu(s)