mis-
wrongly, badly
Old English · mis-
Old English mis- means wrongly or badly. It makes verbs and nouns about errors or bad actions: understand becomes misunderstand, spell becomes misspell, use becomes misuse.
Memory trick
mis- is a miss: you aim at the right word but get it wrong.
Words from this root
- misunderstand (mis + understand) — to understand wronglyग़लत समझना
- misuse (mis + use) — to use wronglyदुरुपयोग करना
- mislead (mis + lead) — to guide in a wrong wayगुमराह करना
- misplace (mis + place) — to put in the wrong placeग़लत जगह रख देना
- misspell (mis + spell) — to spell wronglyग़लत वर्तनी लिखना
- misbehave (mis + behave) — to act badlyबदतमीज़ी करना
- mistrust (mis + trust) — to have doubt aboutअविश्वास करना
- misread (mis + read) — to read wronglyग़लत पढ़ना
- misjudge (mis + judge) — to judge wronglyग़लत आँकना
- mismatch (mis + match) — a bad fitबेमेल
- misinform (mis + inform) — to give wrong factsग़लत जानकारी देना
- mislabel (mis + label) — to label wronglyग़लत लेबल लगाना