English
malcompensation
From mal- + compensation.
Formed from mal- + compensation
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’
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Latin compēnsō ‘to balance, poise, weigh, offset’
Latin compēnsātiō ‘weighing (of factors), balancing, equalizing’
Old French compensacion
Middle English compensacioun
English compensation
Today it means
noun Inappropriate compensation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / malcompensation