Etymology

miscalculate

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Today it means: To calculate incorrectly. Full definition →

English calculate ← Latin calculō ← Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.?
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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. Ancient Greekχᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.?
  10. Latincalx
  11. Latincalculus
  12. Latincalculō
  13. Englishcalculate
  14. English todaymiscalculate

From mis- + calculate.

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