köken: Inherited from Latin captīvus (“captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad”). Compare the semantic development of French chétif (“puny, scrawny”) and Galician cativo.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *ilkëda, probably borrowed (and derived) from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz (“bad, evil”). Cognates include Karelian ilkie, Estonian ilge, English ill.
evil, wicked (whose behavior, attitude towards others is hostile, cruel, vile, criminal) · evil (expressing hatred, cruelty) · evil, bad (relating to, leading to something very undesirable, misfortune, sorrow; dangerous)
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eş: slikts
zıt: labs
köken: From the stem of the verb ļaut (“to allow, to permit; to tolerate”) (q.v.), with a suffix *-no. The original meaning was probably “allowed (to do as s/he pleased), allowed (to let go)” (compare palaist (“to let go”), palaidnis (“naughty child”)). Cognates include Lithuanian liáunas, liaũnas (“flexible; slim, slender; weal; free, serene”).
aile: ļaunums
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köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin -aceum Italian -accioder. Esperanto -aĉ- Esperanto aĉa From -aĉ-, a suffix denoting inferiority.