Where does “mis-” come from?

mis- (Italian) comes from Old High German missa-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mis- (Italian): Used to express negation; not, un-; Used to form...

Definitions

  1. Used to express negation; not, un-; Used to form...

Ancestry of “mis-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmissa-mis-
2Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “mis-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →
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