Etymology

misreckon

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Today it means: To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.). Full definition →

English reckon ← 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. Englishreckon
  10. English todaymisreckon

From mis- + reckon.

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