Etymology

misweigh

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Today it means: To give an inaccurate measurement of the weight (of something). Full definition →

English weigh ← Middle English weyen ← Old English wegan
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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*weǵʰ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
  11. Proto-Germanic*weganą
  12. Proto-West Germanic*wegan
  13. Old Englishwegan
  14. Middle Englishweyen
  15. Englishweigh
  16. English todaymisweigh

From mis- + weigh.

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