miss-
German (Berlin)
[ΛmΙͺs], [mΙͺs]
prefix
Definitions
- Same functions and meanings as the English prefix mis-; a nominal, adjectival and inseparable verbal prefix that negates the meaning or expresses the opposite of its stem or indicates that something isn't being done correctly or isn't correct or good.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German mis- inherited from Old High German missa- (mis-) inherited from Proto-Germanic *missa- (badly, wrongly, astay, mis-, amiss, divergent).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*missa-
Gloss
badly, wrongly, astay, mis-, amiss, divergent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mis- English
- misappliance English
- minus Latin
- mis- Dutch, Flemish
- misvatten Dutch, Flemish
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mitto Proto-Indo-European
- *missa- Proto-Germanic
- mis- Old English
- misbyrd Old English
- mis- Middle English
- mis- Old Norse
- mis- Czech
- mis- Middle Dutch
- missa- Old High German
- mis- Ido
- mis- Middle High German
- πΌπΉπππ°- Gothic
- mis- Old Dutch
- mes- Occitan
- *mis- Frankish
- *missa- Frankish