Etymology

misetymology

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Today it means: Incorrect etymology. Full definition →

English etymology ← Middle English ethymologie ← Old French ethimologie
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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*set-?
  10. Ancient Greekἐτεός (eteós)der.?
  11. Ancient Greekἔτυμος (étumos)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  14. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  15. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  16. Ancient Greekἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos)
  17. Ancient Greekἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)
  18. Latinetymologia
  19. Old Frenchethimologie
  20. Middle Englishethymologie
  21. Englishetymology
  22. English todaymisetymology

From mis- + etymology.

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