late 14c., "want of self-restraint, misbehavior" (a sense now obsolete), from mis- (1) "badly, wrongly" + government. Meaning "bad government, management, or administration of public or private affairs" is from 1590s.
misfit
misfortune
misgiving
misgovern
misgovernance
misgovernment
misguess
misguidance
misguide
misguided
mishandle