Etymology

miscellaneous

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Today it means: Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts. Full definition →

Latin miscellāneus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommiscellāneus
  2. English todaymiscellaneous

Borrowed from Latin miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“mix”).

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