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Was Maleficent named after Maleficium

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DylanMilliren

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∙ 9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

While I can't say for certain what was behind the choice ... the meaning is pretty obvious to anyone who knows Latin. "Bene-" is the Latin root for "good" and "Mal-" is the Latin root for "evil", so "maleficent" is like "beneficent" except ... y'know ... evil instead of good.

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