Old Frisian missa, Middle Dutch, Dutch missen, German missen to miss, fail), from *missa- in a changed manner, hence abnormally, wrongly, from PIE root *mei- to change (root of mis- (1); see mutable). Related: Missed; missing. Meaning to fail to get what one wanted is from mid-13c.
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For cities of 500,000 or more people, here's the score: Safest city was Honolulu, HI, followed by 2. New York, NY. El Paso, TX was 3rd, San Jose 4th, Austin 5th, San Diego sixth, Seattle 7th, and Los Angeles 8th safest. California ranks three out of the top 8, which isn't too bad. Bad cities (unsafe) brought Detroit in first place, followed by Baltimore, Memphis, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Dallas. Note: This chart below is from 2005.