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Where does “misture” come from?

misture (Old French) comes from Latin mixtūra, 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.

Ancestry of “misture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmixtūra—
2Latinmisceō—
3Proto-Italicmikskōto mix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmiḱ-sḱé-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyḱ-to mix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “misture”

  • mixture
  • commixture
  • premixture
  • remixture
  • biomixture
  • multimixture
  • incommixture
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