misdate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Late Latin datus

Late Latin datalbor.

Old French datebor.

Middle English date

English date

English misdate

From mis- + date.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈmɪsdeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /mɪsˈdeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

misdate (plural misdates)

1. A wrong date.

Verb

misdate (third-person singular simple present misdates, present participle misdating, simple past and past participle misdated)

1. (transitive) To date incorrectly; to mark with the wrong date.

   Hypernym: Thesaurus:misdate#Hypernyms

   Hyponym: Thesaurus:misdate#Hyponyms

Anagrams

• Mid East, Mideast, amidest, damsite, diastem