Etymology

misrepresent

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Today it means: To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something. Full definition →

English represent ← Middle English presenten ← Old French presenter
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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-Italic*wre-
  10. Latinre-
  11. Old Frenchre-
  12. Middle Englishre-
  13. Englishre-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  17. Proto-Italic*prai
  18. Proto-Italic*prai-
  19. Latinprae-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  22. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  24. Proto-Italic*ezom~*som
  25. Old Latinesum
  26. Latinsum
  27. Latinpraesum
  28. Latinpraesens
  29. Latinpraesentāre
  30. Old Frenchpresenter
  31. Middle Englishpresenten
  32. Englishpresent
  33. Englishrepresent
  34. English todaymisrepresent

From mis- + represent.

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