[1530–40; mis-1 + doubt]This word is first recorded in the period 1530–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: area, explode, lotus, scene, startermis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust