'misarrange' originates from the prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' and the word 'arrange' from Old French 'arangier', meaning 'to set in order'.

'arangier' transformed into the Middle English word 'arrangen', and eventually became the modern English word 'arrange'. The prefix 'mis-' was added to form 'misarrange'.

Initially, 'arrange' meant 'to set in order', and with the prefix 'mis-', it evolved to mean 'to set in the wrong order'.