Where does “misconstruance” come from?
misconstruance (English) comes from English misconstrue, from English construe, from Middle English construen, from Late Latin construo, from Latin cōnstruō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “misconstruance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | misconstrue | To interpret erroneously, to understand... |
| 2 | English | construe | A translation; An interpretation; To interpret or... |
| 3 | Middle English | construen | To be part of a construction; to construct |
| 4 | Late Latin | construo | to relate grammatically; I heap, bring, collect... |
| 5 | Latin | cōnstruō | to heap, bring, collect or gather together |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |