English
malcompensate
From mal- + compensate.
Formed from mal- + compensate
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’
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Latin pendō ‘to weigh, weigh out’
Latin pēnsō ‘to weigh, counterbalance’
Latin compensō ‘to weight together one thing against another,…’
Latin compēnsātus
English compensate
Today it means
verb To compensate inappropriately
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / malcompensate