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English word malice comes from Proto-Indo-European *moy-, and later Latin peior (Worse.)
*moy- (Proto-Indo-European)
*mol(w)ə- (Proto-Indo-European)
to grind, mill
peior (Latin)
Worse.
malitia (Latin)
A bad quality; badness, wicked. Cunning, artfulness. Spite, malice; an act of malice.
malice (English)
(law) An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.. Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.