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+ ==Etymology==
+ First recorded in 1740,^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) [[bor|it|malaria]], contracted from ''mala aria'' “bad air”,^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) from ''mala'', feminine of ''malo'' “bad” (from Latin ''malus''), + ''aria'' “air”.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)
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+ The word first meant the unwholesome air itself, and by 1866 the disease.^(Etymonline) The disease, now known to be carried by mosquitoes, was once thought to be caused by foul air in marshy districts.^(Etymonline) The word replaced native [[ague]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}