Etymology

misdescriptive

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Today it means: In United States trademark law, tending to mislead consumers about the qualities of the product represented by the mark. Full definition →

English descriptive ← 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. Englishdescriptive
  10. English todaymisdescriptive

From mis- + descriptive.

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