Mal. Definition
mal
abbreviation
Malachi.
Webster's New World
Malay.
Webster's New World
Malayan.
Webster's New World
Malaysia.
Webster's New World
Malaysian.
Webster's New World
prefix
Bad; badly.
Maladminister.
American Heritage
Abnormal; abnormally.
Malformation.
American Heritage
affix
Bad or badly, wrong, ill.
Maladroit.
Webster's New World
noun
(only in set phrases) Illness, affliction.
A grand mal seizure.
Wiktionary
(surfing) A longboard (type of surfboard).
Wiktionary
Origin of Mal.
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Middle English from Old French from Latin from male badly, malus bad mel-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Fr < L male- < male, badly, malus, bad, evil
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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From French mal (“illness").
From Wiktionary
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Shortening of malibu.
From Wiktionary
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