Etymology

misdoubt

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Today it means: To doubt the existence or reality of. Full definition →

English doubt ← Latin dubitōinflu. ← Middle English doute
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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*dwi-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  12. Proto-Italic*du(i)βwos
  13. Latin*dubosde
  14. Latindubō
  15. Latindubitō
  16. Old Frenchdoter
  17. Middle Englishdouten
  18. Old Frenchdoter
  19. Old Frenchdoute
  20. Middle Englishdoute
  21. Englishdubiousinflu.
  22. Latindubitōinflu.
  23. Englishdoubt
  24. English todaymisdoubt

From mis- + doubt.

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