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malo (Adjective) "bad," "evil" 10th cent. From Latin malus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *malo- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *mol-o- 'id.' Mal is an apocopic form of malo ocurring before masculine singular nouns. Indo-European Romance Asturian malu, Portuguese mau, Catalan mal, French mal, Italian malo, Sardinian malu Italic Oscan mallom "evil" Celtic Old Irish mell "destruction," Old Breton milin "prostitute" Balto-Slavic Lithuanian mẽlas "lie," Latvian màlds "mistake" Hellenic Ancient Greek μέλεος (méleos) "idle" Armenian Armenian meɫ "sin" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.