mis-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mis"

English

Etymology

From Middle English mys-, mis-, from Old English mis- (“mis-”), 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-”), 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

mis-

1. bad or wrong; badly or wrongly

   1. incorrectly

      misaccumulation

2. to fail or failure

   miscarraige (to fail to carry a pregnancy to term), misacknowledge

3. unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly

   I misdeleted my file yesterday and had to have it restored.

4. false, falsely

   misaccusation

Synonyms

• (bad): mal-

  • (incorrectly): para-, dis-, dys-, mal-

• (to fail): dis-, dys-
• (unintentional): mal-
• (false): pseudo-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with mis-

See also

• miso-

Translations

bad or wrong; badly or wrongly

• Czech: dez-, mis-
• Danish: mis-
• Dutch: mis- (nl)
• French: mé- (fr), més- (fr)
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• German: miss- (de), ver- (de)
• Hungarian: (added to verbs) félre- (hu), el- (hu), (added to nouns) tév-
• Icelandic: mis-
• Swedish: miss- (sv)

Further reading

• “mis-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• -ism, IMS, IMs, ISM, MSI, SIM, Sim, ism, sim

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Czech

Etymology

English mis-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪs ]

Prefix

mis-

1. mis- (erroneous)

   ‎mis- + ‎koncepce → ‎miskoncepce

   Synonym: dez-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with mis-

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Danish

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with mis-

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mis-, from Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-Germanic *missa-.

Cognate with Old English mis- and German miss-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

mis-

1. mis-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with mis-

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ido mis-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [mis]
• Hyphenation: mis

Prefix

mis-

1. Wrong, erroneous.

   ‎mis- + ‎kompreni (“understand”) → ‎miskompreni (“misunderstand”).

   ‎mis- + ‎paroli (“to speak”) → ‎misparoli (“misspeak”).

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with mis-

See also

• fuŝi (“to botch, bungle”)

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Faroese

Etymology

From 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”)

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous

Derived terms

Faroese terms prefixed with mis-

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Icelandic

Etymology

From 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”)

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous.

Derived terms

Icelandic terms prefixed with mis-

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English mis-, from Proto-Germanic *missa-.

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous.

   uzar (“to use”) → misuzar (“to misuse”).

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with mis-

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Italian

Etymology

Probably a confluence of Latin minus and Old High German missa-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis/
  • Hyphenation: mis-
• IPA^(key): /miz/ (before vowels and voiced consonants)

Prefix

mis-

1. Used to express negation; not, un-

   ‎mis- + ‎credere (“to believe”) → ‎miscredere (“to disbelieve”)

2. Used to form pejoratives

   ‎mis- + ‎fatto (“fact; deed”) → ‎misfatto (“misdeed”)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with mis-

Anagrams

• MSI

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Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis/ (as a nominal prefix)
• IPA^(key): /mis/ (as a verbal prefix)

Prefix

mis-

1. bad, badly, wrong, wrongly
2. lack or failure

Derived terms

Old English terms prefixed with mis-

Descendants

• Middle English: mis-
  • English: mis-

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyt- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”)

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous

Derived terms

Category Old Norse terms prefixed with mis- not found