Etymograph

English

maladif

Maladif comes from French maladif ‘sickly’, from malade ‘ill, unwell, sick’, and ultimately from Latin male habitus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmale habitus‘ill-kept, not in good condition’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400malade‘ill, unwell, sick’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘ill, unwell, sick’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentmaladif‘sickly’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1859same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmale habitus‘ill-kept, not in good condition’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400malade‘ill, unwell, sick’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘ill, unwell, sick’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentmaladif‘sickly’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1859same form

Earliest quotation: 1859, Queen Victoria, Holt: “Pray tell me if it is true that Prince…”

Every English word from Latin male habitus

Today it means

adj Sickly.

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

Etymograph / Latin male habitus / maladif

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