Where does “miscible” come from?

Miscible comes from French miscible, from the French suffix -ible, from Proto-Italic mikskō, from the Latin suffix -ibilis, from Proto-Indo-European mey-, meaning to mix.

miscible (English): that can be mixed together in all proportions

Definitions

  1. that can be mixed together in all proportions

Ancestry of “miscible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmiscible—
2Late Latinmiscibilis—
3Latinmisceōto mix; to mingle; to intermingle
4Proto-Italicmikskōto mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmiḱ-sḱé-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyḱ-to mix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “miscible”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →