myEtymology.com: English etymology of misdemean

Etymology of the English word misdemean

the English word misdemean

derived from the English word demean

derived from the Old French word demener

derived from the Old French word mener

derived from the Latin word minare (drive; impel, push)

derived from the Latin word minari (a ameninţa; threaten, speak, act menacingly)

derived from the Latin word minae

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-

using the Old French prefix de-

derived from the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the English word mis-