mis-

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 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

   Synonym: mal-

   1. incorrectly

      Synonyms: para-, dis-, dys-, mal-

      misidentification

2. to fail or failure

   Synonyms: dis-, dys-

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

3. unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly

   Synonym: mal-

   I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!

4. false, falsely

   Synonym: pseudo-

   misaccusation

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with mis-

Translations

bad or wrong; badly or wrongly

• Czech: dez-, mis- (cs)
• Danish: mis-
• Dutch: mis- (nl)
• French: mé- (fr), més- (fr)
• German: miss- (de), ver- (de)
• Hungarian: (added to verbs) félre- (hu), el- (hu), (added to nouns) tév- (hu)
• Icelandic: mis-
• Japanese: 誤- (ja) (go) (prefix), -ミス (ja) (misu) (suffix)
• Latin: aliter (la)
• Middle English: mys-
• Spanish: mal- (es)
• Swedish: miss- (sv)

See also

• miso-

Further reading

• “mis-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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

Czech

Etymology

Derived from English mis-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪs ]

Prefix

mis-

1. mis- (erroneous)

   Synonym: dez-

   ‎mis- + ‎koncepce → ‎miskoncepce

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with mis-

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mis-

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with mis-

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Prefix

mis-

1. mis-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with mis-

Related terms

• mis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mis-

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ido mis-.

Pronunciation

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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”)

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-

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-

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-

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-

Descendants

• Dutch: mis-
  • Afrikaans: mis-

Middle English

Prefix

mis-

1. Alternative form of mys-

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *missa-.

Prefix

mis-

1. mis-

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mis-
  • Dutch: mis-
    • Afrikaans: mis-

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: mys-, mes-, mis-
  • English: mis-
  • Scots: mis-

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

Descendants

• Icelandic: mis-
• Faroese: mis-
• Norwegian Bokmål: mis-
• Swedish: miss-
• Danish: mis-