mis-

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See also mis, miš, miss, Miss, miß, and MIS

Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Prefix
  - 1.2.1 Derived terms
  - 1.2.2 See also
2 Dutch
3 Esperanto
- 3.1 Prefix
  - 3.1.1 See also
4 Old English
- 4.1 Etymology
- 4.2 Prefix

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

from Old English mis-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”)
from Old French mes- (in French mé-), of Germanic origin, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”)

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mis-

bad, badly, wrong, wrongly
lack or failure

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terms derived from mis-

[edit] See also

mal-
miso-

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Dutch mis-, from Proto-Germanic *missa-.^[1] Cognate with Old English mis- and German miss-.

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mis-

mis-

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^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Prefix

mis-

denotes something wrong or erroneous

e.g. kompreni (“understand”) → miskompreni (“misunderstand”).

[edit] See also

fuŝi (“to botch, bungle”)

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *missa-. Akin to Old English missan (“to miss”)

[edit] Prefix

mis-

bad, badly, wrong, wrongly
lack or failure

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