Etymograph

English

malinstruction

From mal- + instruction.

Formed from mal- + instruction

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Latin īnstrūctiō ‘an instruction, training’

Old French instruccion

Middle English instruccioun

English instruction

Today it means

noun Synonym of misinstruction.

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

Etymograph / malinstruction