English

ill-wisher

From ill + wisher.

A compound of ill + wisher

Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz ‘evil, bad’

Old Norse íllr ‘evil, bad’

Middle English ille ‘evil’

English ill

Middle English wyssher

Today it means

noun Someone who wishes harm on someone else.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ill-wisher