English

malocclude

From mal- + occlude.

Formed from mal- + occlude

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Latin occlūdere

English occlude

Today it means

verb Of teeth, to misalign.

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