Etymology

mischieve

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Today it means: To destroy. Full definition →

Middle English myscheven ← Old French meschever
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The story

  1. Old French · derived frommeschever
  2. Middle English · inherited frommyscheven
  3. English todaymischieve

From Middle English myscheven, from Old French meschever, from mes- + chever.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchmeschever all →

mischiefmischievous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.