misdo
English
/mɪsˈduː/
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To do evil.
- (transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
- (archaic) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English misdon inherited from Old English misdōn (do amiss, transgress, do evil, err) inherited from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (do wrongly) prefix from English do (hairdo).
Origin
English
do
Gloss
hairdo
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedo English
- deed English
- do English
- do-badder English
- do-rag English
- doability English
- doable English
- doer English
- does English
- doest English
- doeth English
- dogoodery English
- don't English
- done English
- dost English
- doïng English
- fordo English
- fulldo English
- hairdo English
- misdoer English
- outdo English
- overdo English
- redo English
- to-do English
- underdo English
- undo English
- updo English
- wrongdo English
- tun German
- doen Dutch, Flemish
- misdoen Dutch, Flemish
- *missadōną Proto-Germanic
- misdon Old English
- misdōn Old English
- don Middle English
- misdon Middle English
- โด Thai
- misdoen Middle Dutch