Etymology of the English word malison
the English word
malisonderived from the Old French word
malisonderived from the Church Latin word
maledictio (slander, abuse; evil speaking)
derived from the Latin word
maledictusderived from the Latin word
maledicere (speak ill, evil of, revile)
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-derived from the Latin word
dicere (to say, to speak; name, call; appoint; say, declare, state; talk, speak; make speech)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly; to throw)
derived from the Old French word
maleiçonderived from the Church Latin word
maledictio (slander, abuse; evil speaking)
derived from the Latin word
maledictusderived from the Latin word
maledicere (speak ill, evil of, revile)
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-derived from the Latin word
dicere (to say, to speak; name, call; appoint; say, declare, state; talk, speak; make speech)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly; to throw)
Date
The earliest known usage of malison in English dates from the 13th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
