Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misbefall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-be-fall
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

Of an event, to happen unfortunately.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

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 befall English misbefall From mis- + befall.

Usage

Inflected Forms

misbefalls (present, singular) misbefalling (participle, present) misbefell (past) misbefallen (participle, past)

Derived Forms

misbefallen

Questions

What does misbefall mean?: Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
Where does misbefall come from?: 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 befall English misbefall From mis- + befall.

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