Where does “miction” come from?
miction (English) comes from Latin mictiō, from Latin mingere, from Latin mingo, from Proto-Indo-European h₃mi-n-ǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃meyǵʰ- — to urinate.
miction (English): urination
Definitions
- urination
Ancestry of “miction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mictiō | urination |
| 2 | Latin | mingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | mingo | to urinate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃mi-n-ǵʰ- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃meyǵʰ- | to urinate |