/ma.lad/
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Translation
ill, sick
Word origin
From Latin male habitus ('in a bad state, ill-kept'), a phrase combining male ('badly') and habitus ('held, kept'), which contracted into the Old French malade.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- male habitus
- English cognates
- malady, habit
Examples
j' .
I stayed at home because I was ill.
.
His son has been ill for a week.
.
It makes me sick to see that.
collègue .
My colleague is ill and will not come tomorrow.
l' 'inquiétude.
This story made him sick with worry.
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