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Where does “mélangeable” come from?

mélangeable (French) comes from French mélanger, from French mélange, from Middle French mélange, from Old French meslance, from Old French mescler, from Vulgar Latin misculare, from Latin misceō, from Proto-Italic mikskō — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

mélangeable (French): mixable, blendable

Definitions

  1. mixable, blendable

Ancestry of “mélangeable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmélangerto mix, to mix up
2Frenchmélangemixture, blend; first-person singular present...
3Middle Frenchmélange—
4Old Frenchmeslance—
5Old Frenchmesclerto mingle, mix up
6Vulgar Latinmiscularepresent active infinitive of *misculō
7Latinmisceō—
8Proto-Italicmikskōto mix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmiḱ-sḱé-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyḱ-to mix
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
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