Where does “malinformed” come from?
malinformed (English) comes from English informed, from English inform, from French informe, from Latin informis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
malinformed (English): Wrongly or badly informed
Definitions
- Wrongly or badly informed
Ancestry of “malinformed”, step by step
malinformed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English informed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | informed | simple past tense and past participle of inform;... |
| 2 | English | inform | To instruct, train; To communicate knowledge to;... |
| 3 | French | informe | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | informis | formless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, ugly |
| 5 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | 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 |