Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MIS, n. [a prefix, denotes error, or erroneous, wrong, from the verb miss, to err, to go wrong, Goth. missa; Sax. mis, from missian, to err, to deviate or wander; D. mis, missen; G. miss, missen; Dan. mis, mister; Sw. mis, mista; W. mêth, a failing, a miss; Fr. mes, or me, in composition; It. mis.]