English

malhygiene

From mal- + hygiene.

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

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Ancient Greek ὑγιής ‘healthy, sound’

Ancient Greek ὑγιεινός ‘of health, good for the health, wholesome,…’

Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή

French hygiène

Today it means

noun Poor hygiene.

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

Etymograph / malhygiene