MIS- (A.S.), wrong, ill, as _mis_behave, _mis_deed, _mis_lead. [A.S.
_mis-_; Ice. _mis-_, Goth. _missa-_, Ger. _miss-_. Cf. _Mis-_in Dict.]
MIS- (Fr.--L.), as in _mis_chief, _mis_alliance, _mis_chance. [Fr. _mis-_,
for O. Fr. _mes-_, from L. _minus_, less.]
MONO-, MON- (Gr.), single, as _mono_graph, _mono_logue, _mon_k, and
_min_ster. [Gr. _monos_, alone.]
MULTI-, MULT-, many, as in _multi_ply, _mult_eity. [L. _multus_, much,
many.]
N-, as in _n_ewt, _n_ickname, due to the _n_ of the article in _an ewt_,
_an ekename_. In _n_uncle the origin is _mine_ uncle; in 'for the _nonce_,'
M. E. for the nones, miswritten _for then ones_, for the once.
N- (A.S.), no, not, as _n_ever; or L. NE-, as in _n_ull. [A.S. _ne_; cog.
with Goth. _ni_, L. _ne_, Sans. _na_.]
NE- (Gr.), not, as _ne_penthe; NE-, NEG- (L.), not, as _ne_farious,
_ne_uter, _neg_ative, _neg_lect. [L. _ne_, _nec_, a contr. of _neque_, from
_ne_, not, _que_, and.]
NON- (L.), not, as _non_sense, _non_age. It appears as _um-_ in
_um_pire=_num_pire. [From _ne unum_, not one.]
OB- (L., by assimilation, O-, OB-, OC-, OF-, OP-, also OS-), in front of,
against, in the way of, as _ob_struct, _o_mit, _oc_cur, _of_fer, _op_pose,
_os_tentation. [Cog. with Gr. _epi_, Sans. _api_.]
OC-, as in _oc_cur. See Ob-.
OF-, as in _of_fer. See Ob-.
OFF- (A.S.), off, from, away, as _of_fal, _off_shoot, _off_set. [A form of
OF. There is the same relation between _of_ and _off_ as between _be_ and
_by_; A.S. _of_ has been differentiated into the stressless or weak form
_of_, and the stressed or strong form _off_. Cf. A-, Ab-.]