Partly from Old Englishmis-, partly from Old Frenchmes-
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
I mistrust him.
1bad or badly: misfortune (=bad luck) He’s been misbehaving.2wrong or wrongly: a miscalculation I misunderstood you.3used to refer to an opposite or the lack of something: What caused this anger and mistrust (=lack of trust)?