Etymology of the English word misdemeanant
the English word
misdemeanantderived from the English word
misdemeanderived from the English word
demeanderived from the Old French word
demenerderived from the Old French word
menerderived 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
minaederived 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-using the English suffix
-antUsage
Word found in Modern English