[1880–85; mis-1 + word]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, impressionism, interface, quotation mark, regionalismmis- 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