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Where does “mescler” come from?

mescler (Middle French) comes from Old French meller, from Old French mesler, from Latin misculāre, 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.

mescler (Middle French): Alternative form of mesler

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of mesler

Ancestry of “mescler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchmellerAlternative form of mesler
2Old Frenchmeslerto mix; to intermix
3Latinmisculāre—
4Latinmisceō—
5Proto-Italicmikskōto mix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmiḱ-sḱé-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyḱ-to mix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “mescler”

  • emmêler
  • mêler
  • entremêler
  • melieren
  • melíroz
  • melírozás
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →