Etymograph

English

maljunction

From mal- + junction.

Formed from mal- + junction

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’

Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti

Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to join’

Latin iungō ‘join, attach together’

Latin iūnctiō ‘union, joining, uniting’

English junction

Today it means

noun anomalous union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts outside the duodenal wall.

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

Etymograph / maljunction