'miscommunicate' originates from the prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' and the word 'communicate' from Latin 'communicare', meaning 'to share'.

'communicare' transformed into the Old French word 'communicacion', and eventually became the modern English word 'communicate'.

Initially, it meant 'to share information', but with the prefix 'mis-', it evolved into its current meaning of 'failing to share information clearly'.