Where does “unmissable” come from?
unmissable (English) comes from English missable, from English Miss, from English Mistress, from Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.
unmissable (English): Not to be missed; thoroughly worth seeing or...
Definitions
- Not to be missed; thoroughly worth seeing or...
Ancestry of “unmissable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | missable | Able to avoid detection; Far from unmissable; not... |
| 2 | English | Miss | Form of address, now used chiefly for an... |
| 3 | English | Mistress | Used as the title of a married woman before her... |
| 4 | Middle English | maistresse | mistress |
| 5 | Old French | maistresse | — |
| 6 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 7 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |