mys-

Middle English

Alternative forms

mes-, mis-

Etymology

From Old English mis-, from Proto-West Germanic *missa-, from Proto-Germanic *missa-. Reinforced by Old French mes-, ultimately from the same Proto-Germanic source.

While forms in -y- are definitely partly attributable to a desire to avoid the confusion of minims, they may have been encouraged by association with words such as mysterie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mis-/, /mɛs-/

Prefix

mys-

mis- (badly, wrongly)
mis- (incorrectly, erroneously)

Derived terms

Middle English terms prefixed with mys-

Descendants

English: mis-
Scots: mis-

References

“mis-, pref.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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