Where does “mismanager” come from?
mismanager (English) comes from English mismanage, from English mis-, from Middle English mys-, 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...
mismanager (English): One who mismanages
Definitions
- One who mismanages
Ancestry of “mismanager”, step by step
mismanager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mismanage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mismanage | To manage an area of responsibility in a way... |
| 2 | English | mis- | bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;... |
| 3 | Middle English | mys- | mis- badly, wrongly |
| 4 | Old English | mis- | bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |