miss

miss · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*miss-“loss”
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*miss
3. Old English · inherited frommiss“loss, absence”
4. Middle English · inherited frommisse
5. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*meyth₂-“to change, exchange, trade”
6. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*missijaną“to miss, go wrong, fail”
7. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*missijan
8. Old English · inherited frommissan“to miss, escape the notice of a person”
9. Middle English · inherited frommissen
10. English todaymiss

Verb from Middle English missen, from Old English missan (“to miss, escape the notice of a person”), from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną (“to miss, go wrong, fail”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, exchange, trade”). Cognate with West Frisian misse (“to miss”), Dutch missen (“to miss”), German missen (“to miss”), Norwegian Bokmål and Danish miste (“to lose”), Swedish missa (“to miss”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Icelandic missa (“to lose”) and Latin mittere (“to send, let go”). Noun from Middle English misse, mis, from Old English miss (“loss, absence”), from Proto-West Germanic *miss, from Proto-Germanic *miss- (“loss”). Cognate with Scots miss (“a loss, want, cause of grief or mourning”), Middle High German misse, mis (“lack, missing, absence”), Icelandic missir (“loss”). Related also to Scots mis (“wrongdoing, sin, guilt”), Dutch mis (“misdeed, wrongdoing, mistake”), Middle Low German misse (“sin, wrong”).

miss · noun²

From mistress.

Miss · noun³

From mistress.

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