Etymology of the English word malefaction
the English word
malefactionderived from the English word
malefactorderived from the Old French word
malefactorderived from the Latin word
malefactor (malefactor; wrongdoer, evildoer)
derived from the Latin word
malefacere (do evil, wrong, harm)
derived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-derived from the Vulgar Latin word
male (badly, ill, wrongly)
derived from the Latin word
malus (apple tree; bad, evil, wicked; mast; beam; tall pole)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mel-using the English suffix
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Word found in Modern English
