Etymology

misthink

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Today it means: To think wrongly or badly (of). Full definition →

English think ← Middle English thinken ← Old English þenċan
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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*teng-
  10. Proto-Germanic*þankijaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*þankijan
  12. Old Englishþenċan
  13. Middle Englishthinken
  14. Englishthink
  15. English todaymisthink

From mis- + think.

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