Etymograph

English

malcode

From mal- + code, presumably modelled on earlier malware.

Formed from mal- + code

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Latin caudex ‘the stock or stem of a tree’

Latin cōdex ‘tree trunk’

Old French code ‘system of law’

Middle English code ‘system of law’

English code

Today it means

noun malicious code

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

Etymograph / malcode