Etymology

misstate

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Today it means: To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue. Full definition →

English state ← Middle English stat ← Old French estat
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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*steh₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  11. Proto-Italic*status
  12. Latinstatu
  13. Old Frenchestat
  14. Middle Englishstat
  15. Englishstate
  16. English todaymisstate

From mis- + state.

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