'misrecognition' originates from the prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' and the word 'recognition' from Latin 'recognitio', where 're-' meant 'again' and 'cognoscere' meant 'to know'.

'recognitio' transformed into the Old French word 'recognition', and eventually became the modern English word 'recognition'. The prefix 'mis-' was added to form 'misrecognition'.

Initially, it meant 'to know again wrongly', and over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'failure to recognize correctly'.