'miscommunication' originates from the prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrong' or 'badly' and the word 'communication' from Latin 'communicatio', meaning 'a making common'.

'miscommunication' evolved from the combination of 'mis-' and 'communication', which was derived from the Latin 'communicatio'.

Initially, it meant 'a wrong or bad communication', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.