Where does “mis” come from?

mis (English) comes from Polish mis, from Polish misa, from Proto-Slavic misa, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mis (English): a timescale

Definitions

  1. a timescale

Ancestry of “mis”, step by step

mis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish mis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmisgenitive plural of misa
2Polishmisabowl
3Proto-Slavicmisabowl
4Latinmēnsaa table
5Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Serbo-Croatian miš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmišmouse
2Proto-Slavicmyšьmouse
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*mū́ˀšismouse
4Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Dutch mis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmismass; wrong; missed, not a hit
2Middle Dutchmisurine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus