Where does “miserie” come from?

miserie (Middle English) comes from Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from Latin miser, from Proto-Italic misseros, from Proto-Indo-European mēwdʰ- — to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...

miserie (Middle English): misery

Definitions

  1. misery

Ancestry of “miserie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmiserie—
2Latinmiseriamisfortune; misery, distress, affliction
3Latinmiserpoor, wretched, pitiful; miserable, unhappy;...
4Proto-Italicmisseros—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēwdʰ-to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...

Words derived from “miserie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēwdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic misseros →Every word from Latin miser →