Where does “mishandle” come from?

mishandle (English) comes from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

mishandle (English): To manipulate something roughly, causing physical...

Definitions

  1. To manipulate something roughly, causing physical...

Ancestry of “mishandle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
2Middle Englishhandel—
3Old Englishhandlea handle
4Old Englishhandlianto handle
5Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
6Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
7Proto-Germanichanduzhand

Words derived from “mishandle”

Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic handlōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic handulōn →