Found 1 items, similar to Mis-.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Mis- Mis- \Mis-\ (m[i^]s-). [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS. mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. & Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. m[=i]dan, AS. m[=i][eth]an ([root]100. Cf. Miss to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. m['e]-, mes-, fr. L. minus less (see Minus). In present usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.] A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant. [1913 Webster]