Where does “mixta” come from?

mixta (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Cypriot Arabic mixl, from Arabic مِثْل — like.

mixta (Cypriot Arabic): just as when

Definitions

  1. just as when

Ancestry of “mixta”, step by step

mixta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cypriot Arabic mixl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabicmixllike, similar to
2Arabicمِثْلlike

via Cypriot Arabic ta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabicta—
Every word from Arabic مِثْل →Every word from Cypriot Arabic mixl →