misgreet

English

verb

Definitions

To greet wrongly; (by extension) to affront or insult

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *misgreten inherited from Old English misgrētan (affront, insult) prefix from English greet (weep).

Origin

English

greet

Gloss

weep

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

autogreet English
begreet English
begrutten English
greet English
greetable English
greetee English
greeter English
greetest English
greeteth English
regreet English
regret English
misgrētan Old English
*misgreten Middle English
greten Middle English