Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina). · A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. · A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ. · A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
Eye dialect spelling of might.
From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).
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- Inherited-form mentionmiteenm
- Inherited-form mentionmīteang · mite, tiny insect
- Inherited-form mention*mītāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mītǭgem-pro · biting insect
- Derivation mention*mey-ine-pro · small
- Cognate mentionmīzagoh · mite
- Cognate mentionmītedum · moth, mite
- Cognate mentionmijtnl · moth, mite
- Cognate mentionmideda · mite
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