badware

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English badde

English bad

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Germanic *samþuz / *samftuz

Proto-Indo-European *-yos

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Germanic *-jaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ī

Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī)

Old English sōfte

Middle English softe

English soft

Proto-Germanic *warō

Proto-West Germanic *waru

Old English waru

Middle English ware

English -ware

English softwarebf.

English -ware

English badware

From bad + -ware.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

badware (uncountable)

1. (computing) Malware.

Translations

malware — see malware