Where does “mésestimer” come from?
mésestimer (French) comes from French més-, from Middle French mes-, from Old French mes-, from Frankish mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
mésestimer (French): to underestimate
Ancestry of “mésestimer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | més- | mis- |
| 2 | Middle French | mes- | mis- |
| 3 | Old French | mes- | mis- |
| 4 | Frankish | mis- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |