The story
- Latin · derived frommīror“to marvel at”
- English todaymirate
Back-formation from miration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from Latin mīror (“to marvel at”).
Words from the same roots
Latinmīror all →
mirror
First known use, by meaning
- since the late 1800s To marvel at.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.