'misconnect' originates from the prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' and the verb 'connect' from Latin 'connectere', where 'con-' meant 'together' and 'nectere' meant 'to bind'.

'connectere' transformed into the Old French word 'connecter', and eventually became the modern English word 'connect'. The prefix 'mis-' was added to form 'misconnect'.

Initially, it meant 'to bind together wrongly', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.