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misery

mis·ery

Today it means: Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Full definition →

Middle English miserie ← Old French miserie ← Latin miseria

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misery · noun¹

Latin · derived frommiseria
Old French · derived frommiserie
Middle English · inherited frommiserie
English todaymisery

From Middle English miserie, from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser, equivalent to miser + -y. Doublet of misère and mizeria.

Misery · proper noun²

Blend of Missouri + misery.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.