Cacoethes Definition

Origin of Cacoethes

• Latin cacoēthes from neuter of Greek kakoēthēs ill-disposed kakos bad kakka- in Indo-European roots ēthos disposition s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Latin, from Ancient Greek κακοήθης (kakoēthēs, “ill-disposed”) from κακός (kakos, “bad”) + ἦθος (ēthos, “disposition, nature”).

  From Wiktionary