The story
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
- Proto-Italic*jowos
- Latiniūstu
- Old Frenchjuste
- Frenchjuste
- Frenchajuster
- Frenchajustement
- Englishadjustment
- English todaymisadjustment
From mis- + adjustment.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.