misidentify

misidentify

English

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-
English identify
English misidentify

    From mis- + identify.

    Verb

    misidentify (third-person singular simple present misidentifies, present participle misidentifying, simple past and past participle misidentified)

    1. (transitive) To mistake the identity of (something or someone).
      Hypernyms: confuse, mix up
      Hyponyms: miscall, misname, misgender, misdate

    Derived terms

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