misprognosticate

verb

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 *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) ▲ Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der. Medieval Latin prognosticus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Medieval Latin prognosticareder. English prognosticate English misprognosticate From mis- + prognosticate.

  1. derived from *per-der

Definitions

  1. To make an incorrect prediction.

    • […] were Victims of a basic confusion between religion and nationalism which led them to misinterpret past Jewish history, to misunderstand present Jewish needs, and to misprognosticate […]
    • Misprognosticating pundits — most famously ABC's Sam Donaldson, who declared days into the scandal: " This thing is not going to drag out ” —remain unbowed.

The neighborhood

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