French word malentendu comes from French entendu, French mal-

Detailed word origin of malentendu

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
entendu	French (fra)	Accepted, decided following a discussion.. Heard. Understood.
mal-	French (fra)	Badly; wrongly. Denotes the opposite of the unprefixed form.
malentendu	French (fra)	Misunderstanding.

Words with the same origin as malentendu