Where does “misjudgment” come from?

Misjudgment is an English formation combining the prefix mis- (from Proto-Indo-European mey-, meaning to change or alter) with judgment, which derives from Middle English via Latin -mentum (a suffix denoting result or state) attached to dico (to say or point out), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ-.

misjudgment (English): An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment

Definitions

  1. An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment

Ancestry of “misjudgment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJudgmentThe act of judging
2Middle Englishjuggementjudgment
3Old Frenchjugementjudgment
4Late Latiniudicamentum
5Latiniūdicōto examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn
6Latiniūdexjudge
7Latiniūslaw, right
8Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
9Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
10Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe
15Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
16Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-