Where does “maleducative” come from?
maleducative (English) comes from English educative, from English educate, from Latin educatus, from Latin ēducō, from Latin dux, from Latin dūcō, from Proto-Italic doukō, from Proto-Indo-European déwketi — to pull, to draw; to lead.
maleducative (English): That detracts from good education or leads to...
Definitions
- That detracts from good education or leads to...
Ancestry of “maleducative”, step by step
maleducative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English educative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | educative | Serving to educate; educational |
| 2 | English | educate | to instruct or train |
| 3 | Latin | educatus | brought up, having been brought up, reared,... |
| 4 | Latin | ēducō | to lead, draw or take out, forth or away |
| 5 | Latin | dux | leader, head; commander, general, captain;... |
| 6 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
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 |