Where does “misordain” come from?

misordain (English) comes 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...

misordain (English): To improperly ordain into a ministry

Definitions

  1. To improperly ordain into a ministry

Ancestry of “misordain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;...
2Middle Englishmys-mis- badly, wrongly
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-Every word from English mis-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto