English

malabsorb

From mal- + absorb.

Formed from mal- + absorb

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip’

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Latin sorbeō ‘suck in, swallow’

Latin absorbeō ‘swallow up’

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorber

Today it means

verb To absorb or digest improperly, to exhibit malabsorption.

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

Etymograph / malabsorb