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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

  1. To infer incorrectly

Ancestry of “misinfer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinferTo introduce as a reasoned conclusion; to...
2Latinīnferō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →