[1810–20; mis-1 + locate]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: duplex, knockout, liberalism, triangulation, zombiemis- 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