11th February 2016
In which language is the origin of the word ‘malaria’ rooted?
In Italian, mala means ‘bad’ and aria means ‘air’. Thus the word malaria got coined basically to mean ‘bad air’.
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11th February 2016
In Italian, mala means ‘bad’ and aria means ‘air’. Thus the word malaria got coined basically to mean ‘bad air’.