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Where does “ming” come from?

Ming derives from Old English mengan, which comes from Old English myne, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European menk- to the root Proto-Indo-European men-.

ming (English): To mix, blend, mingle; To bring together; to be...

Definitions

  1. To mix, blend, mingle; To bring together; to be...

Ancestry of “ming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmingen—
2Old Englishmenġanto mix
3Proto-West Germanic*mangijan—
4Proto-Germanicmangijanąto knead, mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenk-maimed, mutilation, torment; to knead, to crush;...

Words derived from “ming”

  • meng
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