[1555–65; mis-1 + venture]This word is first recorded in the period 1555–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chorus, module, probe, review, straddlemis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust