mis-

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.

mis-

1. bad or wrong; badly or wrongly

   Synonym: mal-

   1. incorrectly

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

      misaccumulation

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 misdeleted my file yesterday and had to have it restored.

4. false, falsely

   Synonym: pseudo-

   misaccusation

• miso-

• mis- at OneLook Dictionary Search

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

Derived from English mis-.

• IPA^(key): [mɪs ]

mis-

1. mis- (erroneous)

   ‎mis- + ‎koncepce → ‎miskoncepce

   Synonym: dez-

mis-

1. mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous

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

Cognate with Old English mis- and German miss-.

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mis-

1. mis-

• mis

Borrowed from Ido mis-.

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• IPA^(key): [mis]
• Hyphenation: mis

mis-

1. Wrong, erroneous.

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

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

• fuŝi (“to botch, bungle”)

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”).

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous

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”).

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous.

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

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous.

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

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

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

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”)

• MSI

mis-

1. Alternative form of mys-

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

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

mis-

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

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

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

mis-

1. mis-, wrong, erroneous