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Where does “missend” come from?

missend (English) comes from English send, from Middle English senden, from Old English sendan, from Proto-Germanic sandijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

missend (English): To send incorrectly or to the wrong destination

Definitions

  1. To send incorrectly or to the wrong destination

Ancestry of “missend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsendTo make something go from one place to another;...
2Middle Englishsendento send
3Old Englishsendanto send
4Proto-Germanicsandijanąto send
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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