Etymology

misguess

M3I1S1G2U1E1S1S1

Today it means: To guess incorrectly Full definition →

English guess ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis-
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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. Englishguess
  10. English todaymisguess

From mis- + guess.

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