evil

*ubilaz (Proto-Germanic)

Bad, evil.

yfel (Old English)

Bad, unfortunate, inferior. Evil.

uvel (Middle English)

evil (English)

(obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm.. Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. (computing, programming, slang) [...]