Etymology

mishappen

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Today it means: To encounter grief or misfortune. Full definition →

Middle English mishapnen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommishapnen
  2. English todaymishappen

From Middle English mishapnen, equivalent to mis- + happen.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.