mix

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 376 words | Copyright

mix put together in union or combination XVI; intr. be mixed, associate with XVII. As infin. not earlier than the second quarter of XVI; back-formation from pp. mixed, var. of † mixt (XV in legal use) — (O)F. mixte — L. mixtus, pp. of miscēre mingle, mix, rel. to Gr. misgein, Ir. meascaim mix, Lith. mìšras, Skr. miśrá- mixed.

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