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Other common words that you are familiar with also spring from Latin malus: malicious,

malice, malady; and the same malus functions as a pre x in words like maladjusted,
malcontent, malpractice, malnutrition, etc., all with the connotation of badness.
And what’s the good news? See Session 23.

REVIEW OF ETYMOLOGY

PREFIX, ROOT, SUFFIX MEANING

1. -ory adjective suffix

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2. scribo, scriptus to write

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3. de- down

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4. manus hand

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5. sub- under

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6. in- in, into

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7. post after

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8. via road

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9. tri- three

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10. militis soldier

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11. malus bad, evil

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12. dico, dictus to say, tell