Etymology

miserable

mis·er·a·ble
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Today it means: In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. Full definition →

Middle French miserable ← Latin miserabilis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommiserabilis
  2. Middle French · borrowed frommiserable
  3. English todaymiserable

Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.