Etymology

misappropriation

Today it means: The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care. Full definition →

English appropriation ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishappropriation
  10. English todaymisappropriation

From mis- + appropriation.

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