mis-

a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,” “wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating:
mistrial; misprint; mistrust.

mis-

variant of miso- before some vowels:
misanthrope.

MIS

abbreviation for

mis-

prefix

See miso-
a variant of miso-

mis-

prefix

wrong, bad, or erroneous; wrongly, badly, or erroneously
misfortune
misunderstanding
mislead
misspelling
mistreat
lack of; not
mistrust

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mis-¹

Middle English; Old English mis ( se )-; cognate with German miss-, Gothic missa- ( miss ¹; ); often replacing Middle English mes- < Old French < West Germanic *mis ( s )-

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mis-¹

Old English mis ( se ) -; related to Middle English mes-, from Old French mes-; compare Old High German missa-, Old Norse mis-

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