Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “misdescriptive” come from?

misdescriptive (English) comes from English mis-, from Middle English mys-, from Old English mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

misdescriptive (English): In United States trademark law, tending to...

Definitions

  1. In United States trademark law, tending to...

Ancestry of “misdescriptive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;...
2Middle Englishmys-—
3Old Englishmis-bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure
4Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “misdescriptive”

  • misdescriptiveness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →