Meanings
- Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
Yes, I did "Buy now", but it was a misclick.
1 more example
I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!
Synonyms: mal-
Synonyms & antonyms
prefixBad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
prefixFailed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something).
prefixUnintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
prefixFalse, falsely.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
From Middle English mys-, mis-, from Old English mis- (“mis-”), from Proto-West Germanic *missa-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly, mis-”), from the adjective *missaz (whence also miss), from Proto-Indo-European *mitˢtós (“mutual, reciprocal”), from *meyt(h₂)- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”), extended from the root *mey- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots mis- (“mis-”), Dutch mis- (“mis-”), German miss-, mis- (“mis-”), Danish mis- (“mis-”), Swedish miss- (“mis-”), Icelandic mis- (“mis-”). Compare also French més-, mé- (“mis-”), from Old French mes- (“mis-”), from Frankish *mis-, *missa- (“mis-”), from the same Proto-Germanic source above.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech dez-, mis-
- dez-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- mis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Danish mis-
- mis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Dutch mis-
- mis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Esperanto fi-
- fi-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
French mé-, més-
- mé-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- més-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
German miss-, ver-
- miss-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- ver-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Greek κακο-, κατα-
- κακο- (kako-)bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- κατα- (kata-)bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Hungarian félre-, el-
- félre-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- el-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- tév-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Icelandic mis-
- mis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Japanese 誤-, -ミス
- 誤- (go)bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- -ミス (misu)bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Latin aliter
- aliterbad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Polish nie-
- nie-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Russian о-, обо-
- о- (o-)bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
- обо- (obo-)bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Spanish mal-
- mal-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Swedish miss-
- miss-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Cite this entry
mis-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mis-
“mis-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mis-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mis-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mis-.
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