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Where does “multimixture” come from?

multimixture (English) comes from English mixture, from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra, from Latin misceō, from Proto-Italic mikskō, from Proto-Indo-European miḱ-sḱé-, from Proto-Indo-European meyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

multimixture (English): A mixture of multiple components

Definitions

  1. A mixture of multiple components

Ancestry of “multimixture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmixtureThe act of mixing; Something produced by mixing;...
2Old Frenchmisture—
3Latinmixtūra—
4Latinmisceō—
5Proto-Italicmikskōto mix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmiḱ-sḱé-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyḱ-to mix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
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