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Where does “missitāt” come from?

missitāt (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic missadēdiz, from Proto-Germanic dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

missitāt (Old High German): misdeed

Definitions

  1. misdeed

Ancestry of “missitāt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmissadēdizmisdeed, wrongful act
2Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “missitāt”

  • Missetat
  • missetāt
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