Etymology

misusage

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Today it means: Improper usage (especially of words). Full definition →

English usage ← Middle English usage ← Anglo-Norman usage
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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. Anglo-Normanusage
  10. Middle Englishusage
  11. Englishusage
  12. English todaymisusage

From mis- + usage.

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