Etymology

misstep

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Today it means: A step that is wrong, a false step. Full definition →

English step ← Middle English steppen ← Old English stæppan
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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-Germanic*stapiz
  10. Proto-Germanic*stappōnąbf.
  11. Proto-Germanic*stapjaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
  13. Old Englishstæppan
  14. Middle Englishsteppen
  15. Englishstep
  16. English todaymisstep

From mis- + step.

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