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.