mi

The story

1. Latin · derived frommīra“miracles; the miraculous”
2. Italian · derived frommi
3. Middle English · inherited frommi“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”
4. English todaymi

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Words from the same roots