Etymology of the English word malnourished
the English word
malnourishedusing the English prefix
mal-derived from the Old French prefix
mal-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 English word
nourishderived from the Old French word
norrirderived from the Latin word
nutrire (rear, raise; foster; suckle. breast feed; nourish, feed)
using the English suffix
-edUsage
Word found in Modern English
