English
misaccuse
Misaccuse comes from Old French acuser ‘to accuse’, and goes back to Latin causa ‘cause, reason’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400acuser‘to accuse’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acusen
- English1500–presentaccuse
- Englishearliest quotation 1918misaccuse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccūsāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400acuser‘to accuse’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acusen
- English1500–presentaccuse
- Englishearliest quotation 1918misaccuse
Earliest quotation: 1918, The bulletin of the Commercial Law Leagu: “I hold no brief for any disloyal person or…”
Linked words
through Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
because, cause, chest, chose, syllabus, causal, accusation, inexcusable, causative, accuser, excusable, accusative, 21 more
Today it means
verb To accuse wrongly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / misaccuse