Where does “mise” come from?
I can't write this etymology because the chain provided is circular and doesn't establish a clear path from older to newer languages—it repeats "French mise" and "Latin -are" without showing progression through different languages or forms, making it impossible to construct an accurate etymology sentence. Could you provide a corrected etymological chain that shows the actual progression (for example, from Latin through Old French to Middle English to Modern English)?
mise (English): The issue in a writ of right; Expense; cost;...
Definitions
- The issue in a writ of right; Expense; cost;...
Ancestry of “mise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mise | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 2 | French | miser | to bet |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |