mislead
English
/mɪsˈliːd/
verb
Definitions
- (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
- To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
- To deceptively trick into something wrong.
- To accidentally or intentionally confuse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English misleden inherited from Old English mislǣdan (mislead) inherited from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (mislead) prefix from English lead (a heavy metal).
Origin
English
lead
Gloss
a heavy metal
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leadite English
- backlead English
- belead English
- blacklead English
- colead English
- decalead English
- delead English
- dilead English
- downlead English
- eka-lead English
- fairlead English
- forelead English
- forlead English
- forthlead English
- greylead English
- heptalead English
- hexalead English
- inlead English
- isolead English
- lead English
- lead character English
- lead swinger English
- lead-free English
- lead-out English
- leadable English
- leadamalgam English
- leaded English
- leaden English
- leader English
- leadest English
- leadeth English
- leadfield English
- leadfoot English
- leadfooted English
- leadfree English
- leadholder English
- leading English
- leadish English
- leadless English
- leadlight English
- leadlike English
- leadline English
- leadman English
- leadplant English
- leadscrew English
- leadup English
- leadwood English
- leadwork English
- leadwort English
- leady English
- ledish English
- misleader English
- misleadest English
- misleadeth English
- misleading English
- misleadingly English
- misleadingness English
- multilead English
- nonalead English
- nonanickel English
- nonlead English
- octalead English
- offlead English
- onlead English
- organolead English
- outlead English
- overlead English
- pentalead English
- radiolead English
- relead English
- tetraethyllead English
- tetralead English
- translead English
- underlead English
- unlead English
- unmisleading English
- uplead English
- leiden Dutch, Flemish
- misleiden Dutch, Flemish
- misleiding Dutch, Flemish
- *missalaidijaną Proto-Germanic
- lead Polish
- mislædan Old English
- mislǣdan Old English
- led Middle English
- misleden Middle English
- misledere Middle English
- lead
- leady
- belead
- leaded
- leadup
- leader
- inlead
- colead
- delead
- onlead
- leaden
- relead
- ledish
- unlead
- dilead
- uplead
- leadish
- Leadite
- isolead
- leading
- forlead
- outlead
- offlead
- leadeth
- leadest
- nonlead
- leadman
- leadless
- leadlike
- leadwood
- leadwort
- lead-out
- forelead
- eka-lead
- leadwork
- hexalead
- leadfree
- decalead
- nonalead
- leadfoot
- leadline
- greylead
- octalead
- downlead
- overlead
- fairlead
- backlead
- leadable
- pentalead
- forthlead
- translead
- radiolead
- misleader
- leadlight
- multilead
- leadfield
- blacklead
- leadscrew
- leadplant
- heptalead
- tetralead
- lead-free
- underlead
- misleadest
- leadfooted
- misleading
- nonanickel
- misleadeth
- leadholder
- organolead
- leadamalgam
- unmisleading
- misleadingly
- lead swinger
- misleadingness
- tetraethyllead
- lead character