# mis-
## English
### Etymology

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 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.

### Prefix

mis-
* Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
    Synonym: mal-
    misbehaviour; misspelling; to misbehave
** Incorrect; incorrectly.
    Synonyms: para-, dis-, dys-, mal-
    misidentification; to misidentify
* Failed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something).
    Synonyms: dis-, dys-
    miscarriage (failed carriage of a pregnancy to term), to miscarry, to misacknowledge
* Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
    Synonym: mal-
    Yes, I did "Buy now", but it was a misclick.
    I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!
* False, falsely.
    Synonym: pseudo-
    misaccusation, to misaccuse

#### See also

* miso-

### Further reading

* “mis-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

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

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from English mis-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɪs ]

### Prefix

mis-
* mis- (erroneous)
    Synonym: dez-
    ‎mis- + ‎koncepce → ‎miskoncepce

#### Derived terms
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse mis-

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous

#### Derived terms
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch mis-, from Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-West Germanic *missa-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-

#### Related terms

* mis

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: mis-

### References

* ↑ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ido mis-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [mis]
* Hyphenation: mis

### Prefix

mis-
* Wrong, erroneous.
    ‎mis- + ‎kompreni (“understand”) → ‎miskompreni (“misunderstand”)
    ‎mis- + ‎paroli (“to speak”) → ‎misparoli (“misspeak”)

#### See also

* fuŝi (“to botch, bungle”)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse mis-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-, wrong, erroneous

#### Derived terms
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse mis- (“mis-”), from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-, wrong, erroneous.

#### Derived terms
## Ido
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-, wrong, erroneous.
    uzar (“to use”) → misuzar (“to misuse”).

#### Derived terms
## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mis/
** Hyphenation: mis-
* IPA: /miz/ (before vowels and voiced consonants)

### Prefix

mis-
* used to express negation; not, un-
    ‎mis- + ‎credere (“to believe”) → ‎miscredere (“to disbelieve”)
* used to form pejoratives
    ‎mis- + ‎fatto (“fact; deed”) → ‎misfatto (“misdeed”)

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* MSI

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-West Germanic *missa-.

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-

#### Descendants

* Dutch: mis-
** Afrikaans: mis-

### References

* ↑ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

## Middle English
### Prefix

mis-
* Alternative form of mys-

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *missa-.

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: mis-
** Dutch: mis-
*** Afrikaans: mis-

### References

* ↑ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmis/ (as a nominal prefix)
* IPA: /mis/ (as a verbal prefix)

### Prefix

mis-
* bad, badly, wrong, wrongly
* lack or failure

#### Descendants

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

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).

### Prefix

mis-
* mis-, wrong, erroneous

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: mis-
* Faroese: mis-
* Norwegian Bokmål: mis-
* Swedish: miss-
* Danish: mis-