root of all evil

Etymology
Genericized in other phrases from.

Noun

 * 1) Something that is perceived to be a root cause of all the world's evil.

Translations

 * Dutch: zaad van alle kwaad
 * Finnish: kaiken pahan alku ja juuri
 * German: Wurzel allen Übels, Ursprung alles Bösen
 * Hungarian: minden baj(nak)/rossz(nak) gyökere/forrása/kútforrása/oka
 * Romanian: rădăcina tuturor relelor