词根词缀：mal-, male-, mali-

【来源及含义】Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective; used primarily as a prefix

【相关描述】This combining form has no etymological connection to "male", meaning "man" or "masculine"; despite what some women may think.

【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "bad, wrong": caco-, kako-; dys-; mis-; pessim-; sceler-.

【同源单词】benediction, benevolence, grand mal seizure, mala fide, mala fide, Mala ultro adsunt