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Where does “miscue” come from?

miscue (English) comes from English cue, from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.

miscue (English): In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with...

Definitions

  1. In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with...

Ancestry of “miscue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcueAn action or event that is a signal for somebody...
2EnglishqueueAn animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or...
3Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
4Middle Frenchqueu—
5Old Frenchcuetail
6Vulgar Latincodatail
7LatincaudaA tail
8Proto-Italickaudātail
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →