"-misia" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ-der. Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English -misia From Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + -ia. First attested in the 1950s, in iatromisia (“hatred of doctors”). Devised as an alternative to the suffix -phobia, which etymologically (and clinically) denotes fear, though it is also widely used in English to denote hatred. Compare -misic (“hating something”), -misiac (“one who hates something”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|grc:μῖσος<id:hatred>|-ia<id:country names>|id=hatred|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ-der. Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English -misia [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "?", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mēwdʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μῖσος", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "country names", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ijos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-(i)yós", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ia", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ia", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-misia", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="hatred" data-lang="en" data-title="-misia" id="English:_hatred">, {{af|en|grc:μῖσος<t:hatred>|-ia}} Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + -ia, {{etydate|1950s}} First attested in the 1950s Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -misia, {{en-suffix}} -misia
  1. (rare) Hatred; dislike; aversion. Tags: morpheme, rare Derived forms: automisia, Islamisia, religiomisia Related terms: miso-, mis-
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