Etymograph

English

mislore

Mislore comes from Old English mislār ‘ill teaching, evil suggestion’, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną ‘to know, to be familiar with, to understand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘track, furrow, trace, trail’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leys-1‘track, furrow, trace, trail’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(le-)lóys-e1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lizaną2‘to know, to be familiar with, to understand’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laizijaną3‘to teach’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laizō3‘teaching’reconstructed
  6. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*laiʀu3reconstructed
  7. Old Englishc. 450–1150lār4‘teaching, learning, education’
  8. Old Englishc. 450–1150mislār5‘ill teaching, evil suggestion’
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mislore5
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1898mislore5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *lizaną
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *laizijaną
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old English lar
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Old English mislar
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English mislore
  6. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1898, William Marshall: “Then if both we and such as we will…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leys-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *lizaną‘track, furrow, trace, trail’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(le-)lóys-eWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *lizanąreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lizanąWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *laizijaną‘to know, to be familiar with, to understand’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laizijanąWiktionary, Old English lar‘to teach’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laizōWiktionary, Old English lar‘teaching’reconstructed
  6. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*laiʀuWiktionary, Old English larreconstructed
  7. Old Englishc. 450–1150lārWiktionary, Old English mislar‘teaching, learning, education’
  8. Old Englishc. 450–1150mislārWiktionary, English mislore‘ill teaching, evil suggestion’
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500misloreWiktionary, English mislore
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1898misloreWiktionary, English mislore. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1898, William Marshall: “Then if both we and such as we will…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘track, furrow, trace, trail’

last, less, list, lira, delirium, 7 more

through Proto-Germanic *lizaną ‘to know, to be familiar with, to understand’

learn, 2 more

through Proto-Germanic *laizijaną ‘to teach’

leer, 1 more

through Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’

lear, 1 more

Today it means

noun Evil teaching or counsel; wrong or false teaching; misinformation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “mislore”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *lizaną, Proto-Germanic *laizijaną, Old English lar, Old English mislar. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leys- / mislore

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