Where does “mistrustfully” come from?

mistrustfully (English) comes from English mistrustful, from English mistrust, 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...

mistrustfully (English): In a mistrustful manner

Definitions

  1. In a mistrustful manner

Ancestry of “mistrustfully”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmistrustfulHaving mistrust, lacking trust; Expressing or...
2EnglishmistrustLack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust;...
3Englishmis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;...
4Middle Englishmys-mis- badly, wrongly
5Old Englishmis-bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure
6Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-