miss

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 490 words | Copyright

miss1
A. fail to hit or reach OE.; fail to attain XIII;

B. discover the absence of XII;

C. omit XVI. OE. missan = (M)LG., (M)Du. missen, (O)HG. missen, ON. missa :- Gmc. *missjan, f. *missa- (cf. MIS-1), ppl. formation with *-to- on an IE. base *mith-, repr. by Skr. mithá-, OSl. mitĕ alternating, cogn. with Skr. méthati alternates, L. mūtāre (see MUTATION), Goth. maidjan falsify.
So miss sb. OE. miss loss, corr. to MLG., MHG. misse (Du. mis), ON. missa, -ir.

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