Etymology

misplace

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Today it means: To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay. Full definition →

English place ← 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. Englishplace
  10. English todaymisplace

From mis- + place.

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