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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
MALIGN.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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MALIGN,
unfavourable, malicious. (F.,—L.)
'The spirit malign;' Milton, P. L. iii. 553; cf. iv. 503,
&c. [Curiously enough, the derived verb malign, to curse,
is found earlier, in Sir T. More, Works, p. 37 b.]—O.F.
maling, fem. maligne, 'malignant;' Cot. (Mod. F. malin.)—Lat.
malignus, ill-disposed, wicked; put for mali-gen-us, ill-born;
like benignus for beni-gen-us.—Lat.
mali- = malo-, crude form of malus, bad; and gen-
base of gignere, to produce. See Malice
and Generate.
Der. malign, verb (as above), due to Lat. malignare, to act
spitefully; malign-ly, malign-er; also malign-ant, Temp. i. 2.
257, from Lat. malignant-, stem of pres. pt. of malignare, to act
spitefully; malign-ant-ly; malign-anc-y, Tw. Nt. ii. 1. 4; malign-i-ty,
M.E. malignitee, Chaucer, Persones Tale, De Invidia (Six-text, I. 513),
from F. malignité = Lat. malignitatem, acc. of malignitas, malignity.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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