Etymology

misgiving

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Today it means: Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread Full definition →

Middle English give
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromgive“suggest, given”
  2. English todaymisgiving

From misgive, from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishgive all →

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