Where does “enmire” come from?
enmire (English) comes from English mire, from Middle English mire, from French mire, from Italian mira, from Italian mirare, from Latin mīror, from Latin mīrus, from Proto-Italic smeiros — to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be...
enmire (English): To immerse in mire; to bog down
Definitions
- To immerse in mire; to bog down
Ancestry of “enmire”, step by step
enmire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mire | Deep mud; moist, spongy earth; An undesirable... |
| 2 | Middle English | mire | Marshy or swampy land; a mire or peat; A region... |
| 3 | French | mire | aim; foresight; target |
| 4 | Italian | mira | aim; sight; aim, goal, purpose, design,... |
| 5 | Italian | mirare | to aim, to take aim, to sight, to point; to... |
| 6 | Latin | mīror | to be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder at |
| 7 | Latin | mīrus | wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | smeiros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sméyros | laughing, smiling |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smey- | to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be... |