Mistime
/ˌmɪsˈtaɪm/noun
To do something at the wrong time or to misjudge the timing of something.
Did you know?Mistime is a plain English compound of mis- + time, and the prefix mis- comes from Old English and Proto-Germanic roots meaning “wrongly,” showing how English has long encoded error as a force built into the word itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*missa-
“wrongly, badly, astray”
Old English
OE
mis-
“wrongly, badly, amiss”
Old English
OE
tīma
“time, season, proper occasion”
Middle English
ME
mistimen
“to time badly or at the wrong moment”
Modern English
English
mistime
“to do or arrange at the wrong time”