mis-
Old English
prefix
Definitions
- bad, badly, wrong, wrongly
- lack or failure
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *missa- (badly, wrongly, astay, mis-, amiss, divergent).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*missa-
Gloss
badly, wrongly, astay, mis-, amiss, divergent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mis- English
- mis- Dutch, Flemish
- misvatten Dutch, Flemish
- més- French
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mitto Proto-Indo-European
- *missa- Proto-Germanic
- *missijaną Proto-Germanic
- misbyrd Old English
- missan Old English
- mis- Middle English
- missen Middle English
- mis- Old Norse
- mis- Middle Dutch
- missa- Old High German
- mes- Middle French
- 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰- Gothic
- mis- Old Dutch
- mes- Occitan
- *mis- Frankish
- *missa- Frankish