Etymology

misaccount

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Today it means: to account badly, wrongfully, or in error Full definition →

Middle English misaccounten
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommisaccounten
  2. English todaymisaccount

From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account.

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