Where does “misapprehension” come from?
Misapprehension derives from English mis- plus apprehension, which comes from Latin apprehensio (a seizing or grasping), from Latin ad- plus a root from Proto-Indo-European mey- (to move or go).
misapprehension (English): A failure to understand something; an illusion,...
Definitions
- A failure to understand something; an illusion,...
Ancestry of “misapprehension”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apprehension | The taking of something |
| 2 | Latin | apprehensio | seizing or laying hold of; apprehension,... |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |