Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A failure to physically hit. · A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed. · An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give). · Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt.
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”).
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- Root classification mention*meyth₂-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*mey- (change)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmissenenm
- Inherited-form mentionmissanang · to miss, escape the notice of a person
- Inherited-form mention*missijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*missijanągem-pro · to miss, go wrong, fail
- Inherited-form mention*meyth₂-ine-pro · to change, exchange, trade
- Cognate mentionmissefy · to miss
- Cognate mentionmissennl · to miss
- Cognate mentionmissende · to miss
- Cognate mentionmisteda · to lose
- Cognate mentionmissasv · to miss
- Cognate mentionmissais · to lose
- Cognate mentionmitterela · to send, let go
- Inherited-form mentionmisseenm
- Inherited-form mentionmissang · loss, absence
- Derivation mention*missgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*miss-gem-pro · loss
- Cognate mentionmisssco · a loss, want, cause of grief or mourning
- Cognate mentionmissegmh
- Cognate mentionmissiris · loss
- Cognate mentionmissco · wrongdoing, sin, guilt
- Cognate mentionmisnl · misdeed, wrongdoing, mistake
- Cognate mentionmissegml · sin, wrong
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"A failure to physically hit.",
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"An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).",
"Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt."
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