miracle

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)meyh₂-“to smile, to be astonished”
2. Latin · derived frommīrāculum“object of wonder”
3. Old French · derived frommiracle
4. Middle English · inherited frommiracle
5. English todaymiracle

From Middle English miracle, from Old French miracle, from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyh₂- (“to smile, to be astonished”). Doublet of milagro and miraculum. Partially displaced native wonder, from Old English wundor (“miracle, wonder”).

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