Etymology of the English word malpractice
the English word
malpracticeusing 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
practicederived from the Old French word
practiserderived from the Old French word
practiquerderived from the Old French word
practiquederived from the Medieval Latin word
practicaderived from the Greek word
praktike, πρακτική
derived from the Greek word
praktikos, πρακτικός
derived from the Greek word
prassein, πράσσω
Usage
Word found in Modern English
