Where does “malunited” come from?

malunited (English) comes from English United, from English unite, from Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

malunited (English): united badly or wrongly

Definitions

  1. united badly or wrongly

Ancestry of “malunited”, step by step

malunited traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English United

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUnitedany of many football teams formed by the amalgamation of smaller ones
2EnglishuniteTo bring together as one; To come together as...
3Middle Englishunitento annex; to unite
4Latinūnītusunited
5Latinūniōa unity, union
6Latin-iō
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via English mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmalillness, affliction; A longboard; Malleolus
2Frenchmaltrouble, difficulty; pain; evil
3Old Frenchmalevilly; badly; poorly; evil
4Latinmalleushammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-no-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
Every word from Chichewa iye
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