| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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8. Word Formation: Plurals, Possessives, Affixes, and Compounds
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| § 33. miso- |
| The prefix miso- and its variant mis- come from Greek misein and misos, which mean “hatred.” Thus, misanthropy (from mis- plus anthropos, “man") means “hatred or mistrust of humanity,” and misogyny (from miso- plus gune, “woman") means “hatred or mistrust of women.” | 1 |
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