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mis-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mis"
English
Etymology
From 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 miss- (“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
mis-
- Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
- Synonym: mal-
- Failed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something).
- Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
- Synonym: mal-
- Yes, I did "Buy now", but it was a misclick.
- I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!
- False, falsely.
- Synonym: pseudo-
Derived terms
Translations
bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
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See also
Further reading
- “mis-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Prefix
mis-
- mis- (erroneous)
- Synonym: dez-
- mis- + koncepce → miskoncepce
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
Prefix
mis-
- mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous
Derived terms
References
- “mis-” in Den Danske Ordbog
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