Where does “mésusage” come from?

mésusage (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...

mésusage (French): misuse

Definitions

  1. misuse

Ancestry of “mésusage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmés-mis-
2Middle Frenchmes-mis-
3Old Frenchmes-mis-
4Frankishmis-—
5Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →
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