English

ill-intentioned

ill + intentioned

A compound of ill + intentioned

Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz ‘evil, bad’

Old Norse íllr ‘evil, bad’

Middle English ille ‘evil’

English ill

Today it means

adj Having bad intentions; malevolent

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Etymograph / ill-intentioned

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