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-

Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
Synonym: mal-

misbehaviour; misspelling; to misbehave
1. Incorrect; incorrectly.
  Synonyms: para-, dis-, dys-, mal-
  
  misidentification; to misidentify
Failed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something).
Synonyms: dis-, dys-

miscarriage (failed carriage of a pregnancy to term), to miscarry, to misacknowledge
Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
Synonym: mal-

Yes, I did "Buy now", but it was a misclick.

I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!
False, falsely.
Synonym: pseudo-

misaccusation, to misaccuse

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with mis-

misaccentuation

misaccumulation

misadministration

misalphabetized

misaminoacylate

misaminoacylation

misamplification

mis-apostrophize

misappreciation

misappreciative

misapprehension

misapprehensive

misappropriation

misapproximation

misarticulation

misascertainment

misauthorization

miscapitalisation

miscapitalization

miscategorisation

miscategorization

mischaracterisation

mischaracterise

mischaracterize

Translations

bad or wrong; badly or wrongly

Czech: dez-, mis- (cs)
Danish: mis-
Dutch: mis- (nl)
Esperanto: fi- (eo)
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-

mis- (erroneous)
Synonym: dez-

‎mis- + ‎koncepce → ‎miskoncepce

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with mis-

misidentifikace

misreprezentace

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mis-

Prefix

mis-

mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with mis-

References

“mis-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mis-, from Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-West Germanic *missa-.^[1]

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

mis-

mis-

Derived terms

Related terms

mis

Descendants

Afrikaans: mis-

References

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

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ido mis-.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

IPA^(key): /mis/
Rhymes: -is
Hyphenation: mis

Prefix

mis-

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 *meyth₂- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).

Prefix

mis-

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 *meyth₂- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).

Prefix

mis-

mis-, wrong, erroneous.

Derived terms

Icelandic terms prefixed with mis-

Ido

Etymology

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

Prefix

mis-

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-

used to express negation; not, un-
‎mis- + ‎credere (“to believe”) → ‎miscredere (“to disbelieve”)
used to form pejoratives
‎mis- + ‎fatto (“fact; deed”) → ‎misfatto (“misdeed”)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with mis-

misinformazione

Anagrams

MSI

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-West Germanic *missa-.^[1]

Prefix

mis-

mis-

Descendants

Dutch: mis-
- Afrikaans: mis-

References

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

Middle English

Prefix

mis-

Alternative form of mys-

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *missa-.^[1]

Prefix

mis-

mis-

Descendants

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

References

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

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-

bad, badly, wrong, wrongly
lack or failure

Derived terms

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 *meyth₂- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).

Prefix

mis-

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-

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