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Where does “mizer” come from?

mizer (Romanian) comes from Italian misero, from Latin miserum, from Latin miser, from Proto-Italic misseros, from Proto-Indo-European mēwdʰ- — to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...

mizer (Romanian): miserable, wretched

Definitions

  1. miserable, wretched

Ancestry of “mizer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmiserobleak, miserable, unhappy, wretched; inadequate,...
2Latinmiserumnominative neuter singular of miser; accusative...
3Latinmiserpoor, wretched, pitiful; miserable, unhappy;...
4Proto-Italicmisseros—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēwdʰ-to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...
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