When you misinform someone, you give them the wrong information. ... Inform comes from a Latin root, informare, "train or instruct," and literally "shape or form." Adding the "wrong" or "not" prefix mis- gives you misinform, "to instruct in the wrong way."

What is the suffix of misinformation?

Prefix + Root + Suffix = mis + inform + ation = misinformation.

What does misinform mean?

transitive verb. : to give incorrect or misleading information to (someone) : to inform (someone) wrongly That small, self-serving cabal managed to misinform generations of Americans with malicious myths that misshaped history.—