misty

misty · adjective¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mistig“misty”
2. Old English · inherited frommistiġ“misty, dark”
3. Middle English · inherited frommisty
4. English todaymisty

From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistig (“misty”), equivalent to mist + -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), West Frisian mistich (“misty, foggy”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), German Low German mistig (“foggy”).

Misty · proper noun²

From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.