Where does “misalliance” come from?
misalliance (English) comes from English alliance, from Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance, from French alliance, from French allier, from Old French alier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad- — in.
misalliance (English): An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable...
Definitions
- An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable...
Ancestry of “misalliance”, step by step
misalliance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alliance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alliance | The state of being allied; The act of allying or... |
| 2 | Middle English | alliaunce | Alliance; a pact making allies or the state of... |
| 3 | Old French | aliance | — |
| 4 | French | alliance | alliance, union; wedding ring |
| 5 | French | allier | to ally; to alloy |
| 6 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 7 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French mésalliance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mésalliance | misalliance, mésalliance |
| 2 | French | mésallier | to misally; to marry beneath one's rank |
| 3 | French | més- | mis- |
| 4 | Middle French | mes- | mis- |
| 5 | Old French | mes- | mis- |
| 6 | Frankish | mis- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |