- misunderstanding (n.)
[misunderstanding 词源字典]
- "want of understanding," mid-15c., from present participle of misunderstand.
When misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. [Lionel Trilling]
Meaning "dissention, disagreement" is first recorded 1640s. [misunderstanding etymology, misunderstanding origin, 英语词源]