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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

  1. A person who is guilty of maladministration

Ancestry of “maladministrator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadministratorOne who administers affairs; one who directs,...
2Latinadministrātor—
3Latinadministrō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →