mal
Norman
adv
Definitions
- (Guernsey) badly
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mal (bad, evil) inherited from Latin male (badly, wrongly).
Origin
Latin
male
Gloss
badly, wrongly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mallory English
- faciō Latin
- male Latin
- maleficus Latin
- malus Latin
- mal- Italian
- male Italian
- mal French
- malversation French
- mal- Spanish, Castilian
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- mal- Portuguese
- mal Old French
- mal- Old French
- malgré Old French
- mautalant Old French
- mautalent Old French
- mal Middle French
- mal Old Portuguese
- mâl Friulian
- malfesour xno
- mali Sardinian