mis-
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English mys-, mis-, from Old English mis- (“mis-”), from Proto-West Germanic *missa-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly, mis-”), from the adjective *missaz (whence also miss), from Proto-Indo-European *mitˢtós (“mutual, reciprocal”), from *meyt(h₂)- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”), extended from the root *mey- (“to change”).
Cognate with Scots mis- (“mis-”), Dutch mis- (“mis-”), German miss-, mis- (“mis-”), Danish mis- (“mis-”), Swedish mis- (“mis-”), Icelandic mis- (“mis-”). Compare also French més-, mé- (“mis-”), from Old French mes- (“mis-”), from Frankish *mis-, *missa- (“mis-”), from the same Proto-Germanic source above.
Prefix
editmis-
- bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- Synonym: mal-
- to fail or failure
- unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly
- Synonym: mal-
- I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!
- false, falsely
- Synonym: pseudo-
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editFurther reading
edit- “mis-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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editCzech
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editPrefix
editmis-
- mis- (erroneous)
- Synonym: dez-
- mis- + koncepce → miskoncepce
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editDanish
editEtymology
editPrefix
editmis-
- mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous
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editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch mis-, from Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-West Germanic *missa-.[1]
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editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: mis-
References
edit- ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
Esperanto
editEtymology
editPronunciation
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- Wrong, erroneous.
- mis- + kompreni (“understand”) → miskompreni (“misunderstand”)
- mis- + paroli (“to speak”) → misparoli (“misspeak”)
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editFaroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse mis-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyt- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).
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editIcelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse mis- (“mis-”), from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyt- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).
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editIdo
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English mis-, from Proto-Germanic *missa-.
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editItalian
editEtymology
editProbably a confluence of Latin minus and Old High German missa-.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editmis-
- used to express negation; not, un-
- mis- + credere (“to believe”) → miscredere (“to disbelieve”)
- used to form pejoratives
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editAnagrams
editMiddle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-West Germanic *missa-.[1]
Prefix
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
Middle English
editPrefix
editmis-
- Alternative form of mys-
Old Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *missa-.[1]
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *missa-. Akin to Old English missan (“to miss”).
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editPrefix
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editDescendants
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyt- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).
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editDescendants
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meytH-
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