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Where does “missen” come from?

missen (Middle English) comes from Old English missan, from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ancestry of “missen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmissanto miss; to not notice something
2Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “missen”

  • missing
  • miss
  • amiss
  • missy
  • missie
  • missingness
  • unmissable
  • missish
  • nonmissing
  • misser
  • misseth
  • missable
  • missest
  • unmissably
  • missyish
  • missishness
  • schoolmiss
  • missingly
  • missout
  • schoolmissish
  • misshood
  • amissness
  • airmiss
  • missishly
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