Etymology

misargument

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Today it means: incorrect argument Full definition →

English argument ← Middle English argument ← Anglo-Norman arguement
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  11. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  12. Latinarguō
  13. Latinargūmentum
  14. Anglo-Normanarguement
  15. Middle Englishargument
  16. Englishargument
  17. English todaymisargument

From mis- + argument.

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