Where does “maladministrator” come from?
maladministrator (English) comes from English administrator, from Latin administrātor, from Latin administrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
maladministrator (English): A person who is guilty of maladministration
Definitions
- A person who is guilty of maladministration
Ancestry of “maladministrator”, step by step
maladministrator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English administrator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | administrator | One who administers affairs; one who directs,... |
| 2 | Latin | administrātor | manager, conductor, administrator |
| 3 | Latin | administrō | to attend upon, assist, serve |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mal | illness, affliction; A longboard; Malleolus |
| 2 | French | mal | trouble, difficulty; pain; evil |
| 3 | Old French | mal | evilly; badly; poorly; evil |
| 4 | Latin | malleus | hammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |