mis-

¹

1. a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,” “wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating.

   mistrial; misprint; mistrust.

mis-

²

1. variant of miso- before some vowels.

   misanthrope.

MIS

³

abbreviation

1. management information system.

2. multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

mis-

¹

prefix

1. wrong, bad, or erroneous; wrongly, badly, or erroneously

   misunderstanding

   misfortune

   misspelling

   mistreat

   mislead

2. lack of; not

   mistrust

mis-

²

prefix

1. a variant of miso-

Word History and Origins

Origin of mis-¹

Middle English; Old English mis ( se )-; cognate with German miss-, Gothic missa- ( miss ¹; ); often replacing Middle English mes- < Old French < West Germanic *mis ( s )-

Word History and Origins

Origin of mis-¹

Old English mis ( se ) -; related to Middle English mes-, from Old French mes-; compare Old High German missa-, Old Norse mis-