mis-

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (morpheme) Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
2. (morpheme) Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
3. (morpheme) Failed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something).
4. (morpheme) Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
5. (morpheme) False, falsely.

Sinonieme

mis

erroneously

Vertalings

fälschlich

erroneamente

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mys-

Geërf van Old English: mis-

Verwante met Skots: mis-

Verwante met Nederlands: mis-

Verwante met Duits: miss-

Verwante met Deens: mis-

Verwante met Sweeds: mis-

Verwante met Yslands: mis-

Verwante met Frans: més-

Verwante met Old French: mes-

Verwante met Frankish: *mis-

In summary

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 miss- (“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.