Where does “misprision” come from?
misprision (English) comes from Old French mesprison, from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
misprision (English): Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of...
Definitions
- Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of...
Ancestry of “misprision”, step by step
misprision traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French mesprison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | mesprison | error, mistake; injustice; unjust or barbaric... |
| 2 | Old French | prison | prison; prisoner |
| 3 | Latin | prehensiō | an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English misprize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | misprize | To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue;... |
| 2 | Middle English | mesprise | — |
| 3 | Old French | mesprisier | — |
| 4 | Old French | mes- | mis- |
| 5 | Frankish | mis- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |