Old English · prefix
mis-
- Part of speech
- prefix
- IPA
- /ˈmis//mis/
- Syllables
- ˈmis (1 syllable)
Meaning
bad, badly, wrong, wrongly
lack or failure
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *missa-, from Proto-Germanic *missa-. Akin to Old English missan (“to miss”).
Descendants
mis-
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