Where does “misprint” come from?
Misprint comes from Middle English mis- combined with print, ultimately from Latin imprimere, composed of the prefix in- and a root from Proto-Indo-European mey-.
misprint (English): An accidental mistake in print; To make a...
Definitions
- An accidental mistake in print; To make a...
Ancestry of “misprint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | print | Of, relating to, or writing for printed... |
| 2 | Middle English | printen | — |
| 3 | Middle English | emprinten | — |
| 4 | Old French | empreinter | — |
| 5 | Old French | empreindre | — |
| 6 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |