Etymograph

English

malus

Malus comes from Latin malus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalus
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1997same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalus
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1997same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1997, ASTIN Bulletin: “The existence of boni and mali for the different…”

Linked words

through Latin malus

malicious, mali, pessimist, 11 more

Another origin of malus

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmālus
  2. Englishtodaymalus

Today it means

noun The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.

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Etymograph / Latin malus / malus

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