Where does “misinfer” come from?
misinfer (English) comes from English infer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
misinfer (English): To infer incorrectly
Definitions
- To infer incorrectly
Ancestry of “misinfer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infer | To introduce as a reasoned conclusion; to... |
| 2 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |