malnourishment

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What does malnourishment mean?

malnutrition, undernourishment

Where does malnourishment come from?

Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English malnourishment From mal- + nourish + -ment.

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