Where does “mitte” come from?

mitte (Old French) comes from Middle Dutch mīte, from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mitte (Old French): kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese

Definitions

  1. kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese

Ancestry of “mitte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmītemoth, mite
2Latinmētacone, pyramid
3Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
4Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
5Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “mitte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →