Where does “mislike” come from?

mislike (English) comes from Middle English mislike, from Middle English mis-, 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...

mislike (English): To displease; To dislike; to disapprove of; to...

Definitions

  1. To displease; To dislike; to disapprove of; to...

Ancestry of “mislike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmislike—
2Middle Englishmis-—
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 “mislike”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →