Is there a connection between *miser* and *misery*? [closed]
Solution 1:
Yes there is. The best explanation can be found in the online etymology dictionary.
miser (n.) 1540s, "miserable person, wretch," from Latin miser (adj.) "unhappy, wretched, pitiable, in distress," of unknown origin. Original sense now obsolete; main modern meaning of "money-hoarding person" recorded 1560s, from presumed unhappiness of such people.
Miser,miserable, misery, and commiseration all arise from the same Latin stem miser, meaning wretched.