'misrepresent' originates from the prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' and the word 'represent' from Latin 'repraesentare', where 're-' meant 'again' and 'praesentare' meant 'to present'.

'misrepresent' changed from the Old French word 'representer' and eventually became the modern English word 'misrepresent'.

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