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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

  1. A failure to understand something; an illusion,...

Ancestry of “misapprehension”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapprehensionThe physical act of seizing or taking hold of ;...
2Latinapprehensioseizing or laying hold of; apprehension,...
3Latin-tiō—
4Latindissertātiō—
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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