Etymology

mismove

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Today it means: To move wrongly, incorrectly, or in error. Full definition →

English move ← Middle English moven ← Old Northern French mover
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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*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmovēre
  13. Old Northern Frenchmover
  14. Middle Englishmoven
  15. Englishmove
  16. English todaymismove

From mis- + move.

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