Where does “mis-” come from?

mis- (English) comes from Middle English mys-, from Old English mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mis- (English): bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;...

Definitions

  1. bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;...

Ancestry of “mis-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmys-mis- badly, wrongly
2Old Englishmis-bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure
3Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “mis-”

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