That comes from the Latin word which sounds like apple, The word malum for evil is close to the Latin word for apple which if anybody knows... whatever.

它是来源于一个发音与苹果很像的词语，代表邪恶的词语malum与拉丁语中苹果发音相近,如果有人知道的话，暂且不管这点。

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