Etymology

misalliance

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Today it means: An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage. Full definition →

First used 18th c.French mésalliance
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The story

  1. French · derived frommésalliance
  2. English todaymisalliance

From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance.

Words from the same roots

Frenchmésalliance all →

mésalliance

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.