English

malconduct

From mal- + conduct.

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull’

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Latin dūcō ‘lead’

Latin condūcō ‘to bring together’

Latin conductus ‘led together’

Late Latin conductus ‘defense, escort’

Today it means

noun Synonym of misconduct.

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

Etymograph / malconduct