Etymology

misdiagram

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Today it means: To diagram incorrectly. Full definition →

English diagram ← French diagramme ← Italian diagramma
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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*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  12. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  13. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  15. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  16. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  17. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă)
  18. Ancient Greekδιάγραμμα (diágramma)
  19. Italiandiagramma
  20. Frenchdiagramme
  21. Englishdiagram
  22. English todaymisdiagram

From mis- + diagram.

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