misdo

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*missadōną“to do wrongly”
2. Old English · inherited frommisdōn“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”
3. Middle English · inherited frommisdon
4. English todaymisdo

From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.