英语词源字典 - 在线词源网站

malnourishment (n.)[malnourishment 词源字典]: 1899, see mal- + nourishment.[malnourishment etymology, malnourishment origin, 英语词源]
malnutrition (n.): 1843, from mal- + nutrition.
malocclusion (n.): 1864, from mal- + occlusion.
malodorous (adj.): 1832, from mal- "bad" + odorous. Related: Malodorously; malodorousness.
malpractice (n.): 1670s, hybrid coined from mal- + practice (n.). Also used in law for "illegal action by which a person seeks a benefit for himself while in a position of trust" (1758).
malt (n.): Old English malt (Anglian), mealt (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *maltam (cognates: Old Norse malt, Old Saxon malt, Middle Dutch, Dutch mout, Old High German malz, German Malz "malt"), from PIE *meld- (see melt (v.)), extended form of root *mel- "soft," probably via notion of "softening" the grain by steeping it in water before brewing. Finnish mallas, Old Church Slavonic mlato are considered to be borrowed from Germanic.
malt (v.): mid-15c., "to convert grain to malt," from malt (n.). Meaning + "to make with malt" is from c. 1600. Related: Malted; malting. Malt liquor (which is fermented, not brewed) first attested 1690s. Malted "a drink with malted milk" is from 1945.
Malta: Mediterranean island, from Latin Melite, perhaps from Phoenician melita, literally "place of refuge," from malat "he escaped."
Maltese: from Malta + -ese. Maltese cat is attested from 1830; Maltese cross is from 1754 (earlier Malta cross, 1650s).
malthouse (n.): late Old English mealthus; see malt (n.) + house (n.).
Malthusian (n.): 1812, from the teachings of English economist Thomas R. Malthus (1766-1835), especially with regard to population increase. As an adjective by 1818. Related: Malthusianism.
maltreat (v.): 1708, from French maltraiter, or formed in English from mal- + treat (v.). Related: Maltreated; maltreating.
maltreatment (n.): 1721, from French maltraitement or formed in English from mal- + treatment.
maltster (n.): "maker of malt," early 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from malt + -ster.
malty (adj.): 1817, from malt (n.) + -y (2).
malversation (n.): "professional or official corruption," 1540s, from French malversation, from malverser, from Latin male versari, from male "wrongly, ill" (see mal-) + versari "to behave, conduct oneself," passive frequentative of vertere "to turn" (see versus).
Malvinas: Argentine name for the Falkland Islands, from French Malouins, name for inhabitants of the French city of St. Malo, who attempted a colony there in 1764 under Louis-Antoine de Bougainville.
malware (n.): 1997, from mal- + -ware, from software, etc.
mama: 1707, spelling variant of mamma. Meaning "sexually attractive woman" first recorded 1925 in black slang; mama's boy "soft, effeminate male" is from 1901.
mamba (n.): large venomous African snake, 1862, from Zulu (i)mamba or Swahili mamba.