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So either Melkor was created with the potential for evil or he acquired that potential from his environment (Ea).
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Yes, Melkor was created with free will which allows for the potential to go against Eru's will which would defined as evil.
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Iluvatar created Melkor and he created Ea.
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Yes, this is true.
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And in order for Iluvatar to create something that has the potential for evil, he must have understood the concept.
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Yes, I agree that Eru understood that when he gave his creation free will that they might use that free will to rebel against his plan.
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And since there was nothing and no-one else from whom he could have learned this concept, he must have understood it because it was within him.
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I don't follow your logic. I see a very big difference between being evil and understanding that evil can exist. I can see that someone can break the law without ever breaking the law myself.
Eru defines right and wrong. What ever Eru does is good. Anyone who rebels against Eru's plan is evil. Just because he allowed others to rebel against his plan does not mean that Eru rebels against his plan.
It appears to me that your logic is faulty.