Etymograph

English

malpresentation

From mal- + presentation.

Formed from mal- + presentation

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’

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Latin praesentō ‘to present, exhibit or show’

Latin praesentātiō ‘representation, exhibition’

Latin praesentātiōnem

Old French presentation

English presentation

Today it means

noun An abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery

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

Etymograph / malpresentation